- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA
- Year
- 1940/1941
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 234797
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 8
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
- 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
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 41-280X - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
- Shape
- Console with Push Buttons.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 28.6 x 39.5 x 13.8 inch / 726 x 1003 x 351 mm
- Notes
-
8 electric push-buttons.
Please be careful with posting the pictures:
Suffix X for Console with Inclined Sounding Board
See also Suffix XF for Console, inclined control panel, vertical sounding board (1938-40)
Suffix XX - Console, inclined control panel, Inclined Sounding Board (1938-40)Unfortunately, the suffixes are equivocal regarding the suffixes - pictures hard to clear up - see also the list of codes by clicking the brand/manufacturer:
Ad in "The Miami Daily News", Friday, November 29, 1940, for Philco model 280X console for $ 69.95 and Philco Companion table model 250T $ 49.95. The same issue had a Sears ad with the Silvertone "Four-Tube Jive-Box" for $ 14.95, 8-tube Silvertone Radio-Phonograph console $ 69.95, 5-tube Radio-Phonograph table radio $ 24.95, and 5-tube Silvertone portable radio $ 19.95.
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Philco Folder No. PR 798 for 1941.
- Author
- Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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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
Collections
The model 41-280X is part of the collections of the following members.