• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 338291

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• EF8 ECH3 EBF2 EL3 EM4 or EM1 AZ1

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 472.5 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Ø 8.5 inch = 21.6 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radioplayer 252 - Philips Electrical Industries

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• 6-valve (including magic eye) superhet with RF stage, dual-wave, table receiver.

  Note: Later production receivers used a modified feedback circuit, see schematic.

  "English design made in New Zealand"

• Price in first year of sale
• 28.00 GNS

• Mentioned in
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 115)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Te Awamutu Courier 20 December 1940 Page 6)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 145 models, 139 with images and 116 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