• Year
  • 1934
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 342148

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 175 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • 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: 5V - Philips Electrical Industries
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
  • Notes
  • 5-Valve superhet broadcast (MW) table model receiver.

    This Philips 5V is part of the '1934 5V Tombstone (vertical cabinet) and 5H Stepped (horizontal) Cabinet Mantle series.

    Manufactured by Radio Corporation Of New Zealand Ltd.

    Other 1934 models in these 2 cabinet styles include the Pacific 105, the Courtenay 205 Exponat, the Troubadour 5V, the Troubadour 6V, the Philips Radioplayer 5H and the Troubadour 5H.  The Pacific and Courtenay models share the same chassis based on American valves, while the Troubadour and the Philips models use Philips valves and have similar, but slightly different chassis'.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 19.50 NZ £
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (Poverty Bay Herald 4 April 1934 Page 8)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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