• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Australia

• Year
• 1953

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 128768

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6AN7 6N8 6M5 EZ82

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-250 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Minstrel Four 138 - Philips Australia

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

• Notes

• 4-valve superhet.

  Also available was the Chronoradio Model 145 with the addition of a clock.

  Colours available: Black, Blue, Burgundy, Fawn, Green, Ivory, Red, Walnut & White.

• Price in first year of sale
• 20.00 AUS GNS

• Source of data
• - - Data from my own collection

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

• Mentioned in
• Silicon Chip Nov 2022, page 83

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hughes. 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