• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd.; Wellington

• Year
• 1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 303137

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• EF8 EK2 EF9 EBL1 EM1 AZ1

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 470 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 240 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 650A /34 - Philips Electrical Industries

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 533 x 354 x 200 mm / 21 x 13.9 x 7.9 inch

• Notes

• Made in the UK specifically for the NZ market. Differs from the UK/European versions by an absence of the Long Wave band. NZ stations dial.

  See also UK model 650A.

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.00 NZ Guineas

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (The Press, Aug. 18, 1939)

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Kent. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 153 models, 147 with images and 121 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd.; Wellington