• Country
• Netherlands

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt

• Year
• 1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 269838

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH21 EAF42 EAF42 EL41 EM4 EL41 AZ1

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 452 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and more than two Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 125; 145; 200; 220; 245 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 19 cm = 7.5 inch

• Power out
• 8 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BX690A /12 - Philips; Eindhoven tubes

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 630 x 395 x 255 mm / 24.8 x 15.6 x 10 inch

• Notes
• AM radio for external antenna:
  • LW: 150 - 420 kHz.
  • BC: 420 - 1620 kHz.
  • SW1: 8,1 - 5,9 MHz (37m - 50m with bandspread 49-50m).
  • SW2: 9,67 - 7,06 MHz (31m - 42,5m with bandspread 40-42m).
  • SW3: 12,5 - 9,43 MHz (24m - 31,8m with bandspread 30-31m).
  • SW4: 15,8 - 11,6 MHz (19m - 25,8m with bandspread 25m).
  • SW5: 19,3 - 15 MHz (15,5m - 20m with bandspread 19-20m).
  • SW6: 23,08 - 17,65 MHz (13m - 17m with bandspread 15-16m).

  By connecting a capacitor in series with the tuning capacitor, the total capacity change per unit of rotation is no longer linear but has the effect of stretching the chosen shortwave band when the tuning capacitor is turned in (at lowest frequency or highest meters).

  Loudspeaker: 9704-05 (with soundwave diffuser).

  Dial lamp: 2x 8045D (E10, 6.3V / 320mA).

  Measurements including knobs left and right, width without: 590mm.

  According to the documentation, version -12 is the same as BX690A but with a different speaker grille color.

• Mentioned in
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5242 models, 4379 with images and 3446 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt