• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Australia

• Year
• 1958/1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 299258

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• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors
• OC44 OC45 OC45 OC71 OC71 OC72 OC72 OA79

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radioplayer L3X73T /03 - Philips Australia

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10.5 x 7.5 x 3.5 inch / 267 x 191 x 89 mm

• Notes

• Philips first transistor radio marketed in Australia.

  Case in leather finish with cream overlay.
  Battery: Eveready 509 or Diamond 3509 lantern type.

  Made in Belgium for Philips Electrical Industries Pty. Ltd., Australia

  See also European version Model L3X73T /03.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4 lb 8 oz (4.5 lb) / 2.043 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 49.35 AUS £

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Nov 1958.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Philips Radioplayer Service Data (Australia), March 1958.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Transistor Radio Service Handbook (Vol. 1 1960, Page P4)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• J.R. Publications Transistor Radio Service Handbook (A Series Handbook, Page P8.)

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Kent. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 900 models, 689 with images and 414 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Australia