• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Australia

• Year
• 1953–1956

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 171689

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6AN7 6BH5 6BD7 6M5 EZ82 or 6V4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 40-60 Hz, 200-230; 240-250 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Minstrel Five 139 - Philips Australia

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 270 x 175 x 140 mm / 10.6 x 6.9 x 5.5 inch

• Notes

• Five valve version of Minstrel Four 138.

  Cabinet colours available in blue, burgundy, green, ivory, red, walnut or white.

  See also Mullard 1115 and Philips Chronoradio 145.

• Price in first year of sale
• 26.70 AUS £

• Circuit diagram reference
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. XIII

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (May 1954 to May 1956.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Philips Radioplayer Service Data, February 1954.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 13, 1955 (for 1954 models), Page 260.)

• Author
• Model page created by Aglef Tröger. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 910 models, 708 with images and 421 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Australia