• Year
  • 1934/1935
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 50479

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 10
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 260 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Power out
  • 15 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 201X - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 26 x 41.5 x 13 inch / 660 x 1054 x 330 mm
  • Notes
  • The Philco model 201X (1934-35) was the second high fidelity model introduced by Philco. The ten-tube two-band (BC + SW 4.2-12 MHz) chassis has variable IF bandwidth to trade off selectivity versus fidelity, controlled by a three-gang potentiometer to adjust the Q of two of the three IF transformers and the gain of both IF stages. Unlike most radios of its day, which were restricted to about 4 kHz of audio bandwidth, the 201X has 7.5 kHz of bandwidth at its maximum fidelity setting. The circuit includes a 10 kHz audio filter to remove the high pitched heterodyne that could be caused by the carrier of an adjacent channel. In addition to the fidelity-selectivity control, which functions somewhat like a treble control, there is a bass compensation switch on the side of the cabinet. The chassis has a shadow meter (tuning aid) with its own dedicated control tube (unlike other Philco designs where the shadow meter simply indicates B+ current to the RF and/or IF stages). The push-pull output stage, with one 42 driver tube and two 42 output tubes, delivers 15 watts of undistorted output.

    The cabinet is a floor-type console with inclined sounding board.

    Philco had introduced another high fidelity model earlier in 1934 - the 200X. It was similar to model 201X but covered only the broadcast band.

    A related model is the 509X super deluxe high fidelity radio-phonograph which used the 201 chassis.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 250.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 6 = 1935 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Philco 1928-36 Wiring Diagrams, Parts Lists, and Essential Service Data

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