• Year
  • 1940
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 152475

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 8
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
  • Power out
  • 2 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 40-185XF - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
  • Shape
  • Console with Push Buttons.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 29.5 x 38 x 12.3 inch / 749 x 965 x 312 mm
  • Notes
  • There are two consoles in the Philco model 40-185 series: Model 40-185XX (1939) has an inclined panel and inclined sounding board. Model 40-185XF (1940) is similar in appearance, but has a non-inclined sounding board with fluted cylindrical molding on the sides of the speaker grill.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 80.00 $
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Philco 1940 RMS Yearbook
  • Author
  • Model page created by Thomas Albrecht. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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