• Country
• Germany

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Radios - Deutschland

• Year
• 1969/1970

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 6959

• • Brand: Deutsche Philips-Ges.

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• Number of Transistors
• 9

• Semiconductors
• AF124 AF125 AF126 AF126 AF126 BC148 AC132 AC187 AC188

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460/10700 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)     8 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 6 × 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 11 cm = 4.3 inch

• Power out
• 1.2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Taifun 12RL490 - Philips Radios - Deutschland

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 300 x 177 x 70 mm / 11.8 x 7 x 2.8 inch

• Notes
• Netzbetrieb mit zusätzlichem Netzteil möglich.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 1.4 kg / 3 lb 1.3 oz (3.084 lb)

• Source of data
• Handbuch VDRG 1969/1970 / Radiokatalog Band 1, Ernst Erb

• Other Models

• Here you find 2542 models, 2254 with images and 1562 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Radios - Deutschland