• Country
• Switzerland

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips - Schweiz

• Year
• 1936/1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 13259

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 128 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and 2 x Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110-240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 26 cm = 10.2 inch

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Fuga 898U - Philips - Schweiz

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 640 x 460 x 340 mm / 25.2 x 18.1 x 13.4 inch

• Notes
• • Automatische (fühlbare) Abstimmung

  Weitere Details über diese Allstromausführung des 898A sind z.Zt. nicht bekannt.

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  • Automatic tuning (no motor !).  A brake stops the tuning movement when tuned precisely.
  • Silent tuning.
  • Variable passband.
  • Delayed anti-fading.
  • Feedback circuit to improve the sound quality

  Currently, no further details about this version for AC/DC are known. See AC version 898A.

• Price in first year of sale
• 765.00 SFr

• External source of data
• E. Erb 3-907007-36-0

• Source of data
• Radiokatalog Band 2, Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Thali-Schemasammlung und Tungsram-Röhrenbestückung.

• Mentioned in
• Les Radio PHILIPS de collection

• Other Models

• Here you find 290 models, 216 with images and 224 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips - Schweiz