• Country
• Netherlands

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt

• Year
• 1943–1946

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 96928

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH21 ECH21 EBL21 AZ1

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 468 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-245 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 17 cm = 6.7 inch

• Power out
• 4 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 656A - Philips; Eindhoven tubes

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 400 x 280 x 210 mm / 15.7 x 11 x 8.3 inch

• Notes
• IF-freq 452 kHz im Modell 656A-19. Modell 656A-19 und 656A-40 wurden im 1943-1944 von Gefangenen im "Philips-Kommando" im Lager Herzogenbusch (Kamp Vught) gebaut.

• Price in first year of sale
• 200.00 Hfl

• Source of data
• Technisch- Commercieel - Radio Vademecum Staleman

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Author
• Model page created by John Koster. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5233 models, 4365 with images and 3445 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt