• Year
  • 1969 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 149107

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 10
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470/10700 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 9 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical
  • Power out
  • 0.75 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Marconiphone 4156 - Marconi Co. Marconiphone,
  • Shape
  • Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
  • Notes
  • Portable AM/FM transistor radio. AFC on FM and permeability tuned input coil for reception via a car aerial when the 'CAR' switch is pressed down. Sockets for earphone, tape recorder and car aerial. Elliptical loudspeaker 6 x 4 inch. 

    Wavebands:

    • LW 1111 - 2027 metres (270 - 148 kHz)
    • MW 186 - 566 metres (1640 - 530 kHz)
    • SW 16.7 - 50 metres (18 - 6 MHz)
    • VHF 87 - 108 MHz

    The same chassis is fitted to the HMV 2156HMV 2158 and Ferguson 3168 which are in different cabinets.

     

  • Mentioned in
  • Marconi Transistor Radios (see Aldo Andreani's website).
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Antique Radio Magazine n.54, April 2003, page 56. Written in Italian and English.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Aldo Andreani. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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