• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA

• Year
• 1933/1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 139329

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• Number of Tubes
• 9

• Valves / Tubes
• 78 6A7 78 37 77 42 42 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW), Police, sometimes also early TV (75-200m).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 14L [Late] - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes

• The model 14 series had two chassis types -- an earlier code 121 chassis which was similar to model 91, with tube lineup 44 36 44 37 37 37 42 42 80 and IF frequency 260 kHz, and a later chassis with codes 122 and 123 with tube lineup 78 6A7 78 37 77 42 42 42 80 and IF frequency 175 kHz. Models using the code 121 chassis include 14LZX chairside with separate speaker cabinet (early version had one band and two speakers; late had two bands and one speaker), the early version of 14L lowboy, and the early version of 14X console. Models using the codes 122 and 123 chassis included 14B cathedral, the late version of 14L lowboy, 14HS highboy, 14D highboy with doors, the middle and late versions of 14X console (late version has a new cabinet style with figures of musicians at the sides of the tuning dial escutcheon), and the 14RX chairside with separate speaker cabinet. All except the early 14LZX had two bands, with the bandswitch combined with the power switch.

• Price in first year of sale
• 95.00 $

• Source of data
• Philco Radio 1928-1942

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 4 = ca. 1934 and before

• Mentioned in
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Philco 1928-36 Wiring Diagrams, Parts Lists, and Essential Service Data

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Philco Folder for 1933/34.

• Author
• Model page created by Thomas Albrecht. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4006 models, 2205 with images and 3656 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA