• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 50639

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 7C7 7A8 7B7 7C6 35A5 35Z3

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Tropical/Marine/Police Band(s) = 150-200m.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 115 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 40-115C Code 121 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.4 x 7.8 x 5.6 inch / 315 x 198 x 142 mm

• Notes

• Philco models 40-115C code 121 and model 40-115C code 122 are similar, except that code 122 has a built in loop antenna.

• Price in first year of sale
• 20.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 03, 1940 (Philco 1940 RMS Yearbook)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 214.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Philco Folder PR-739, for 1940

• 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