• Country
• Netherlands

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

• Year
• 1952/1953

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 29811

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• UCH42 UF41 UBC41 UL41 UY41

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 452 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110-127; 220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 11 cm = 4.3 inch

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BX221U /10 - Philips; Eindhoven tubes

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 290 x 186 x 160 mm / 11.4 x 7.3 x 6.3 inch

• Notes

• AM radio with built-in ferroceptor:

  • LW: 150 - 261 kHz.
  • BC: 517 - 1622 kHz.
  • SW: 5,94 - 18,2 MHz.

  Loudspeaker: 9742X (5Ω).

  Dial lamp: 8097D (E10, 19V/97mA).

  Conversion to 200 volt mains is only possible by selecting 220 volt setting and short-circuiting R3 by hand as explained in the service manual.

  The differences between versions /04, /06 and /10 are the color of the cabinet, the buttons and the type of the tuning scale.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.5 kg / 5 lb 8.1 oz (5.507 lb)

• External source of data
• Erb

• Source of data
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5233 models, 4365 with images and 3446 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt