• Year
  • 1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 201796

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 475 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-229; 230-250 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
  • Power out
  • 3 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Empire Automatic de Luxe D531 W - Philco Radio & Television Corp
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel with Push Buttons.
  • Notes
  • A 3 band AC mains table radio in a walnut wooden cabinet. Automatic Teledial tuning with 7 push buttons preset to 7 MW and 3 LW radio stations, glowing beam station indicator and manual tuning (MW 200-550 metres, LW 1100-1900 metres, SW 16.6-50 metres). With full delayed A.V.C. and extension speaker sockets.

    See also the Empire Automatic D531B bakelite cased version with the same chassis.

  • Literature/Schematics (2)
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (Philco Radio Service Bulletin No. 84 dated July 1938)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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