• Year
  • 1935 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 275149

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Valves / Tubes
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 516P [Tall] - Philips Electrical Industries
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
  • Notes
  • Two known variants - only apparent difference is the cabinet.  Other model is shorter with a different grille and an angled speaker mounting.

    Manufactured for Philips NZ by Radio Corp of NZ prior to the Philips factory beginning operations - which explains the RCNZ speaker and coil cans. 
    Used Philips side-contact valves.

  • Author
  • Model page created by Steve Dunford. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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