• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Dominion Radio & Electrical Corp. Ltd (Dreco), Philco; Auckland

• Year
• 1951 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167290

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 7S7 7B7 7C6 7C5 7Y4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 521 - Dominion Radio & Electrical

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 400 x 245 x 205 mm / 15.7 x 9.6 x 8.1 inch

• Notes

• 5-valve superhet with 7 x 5 elliptical speaker.

  Dual wave version of the Model 501

  PHILCO MODEL 521 Five-tube, dual-wave mantel receiver. Band-spreading is incorporated for ease of tuning on short-wave; generous-sized elliptical loudspeaker; streamlined plastic cabinet. Price £29/15/- 

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.75 £

• Source of data
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 19 August 1954 Page 13)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• The Golden Age of Radio in the Home 1986 (Page 48)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 22 December 1951 Page 9)

• Author
• Model page created by Keith Staines. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 161 models, 149 with images and 129 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Dominion Radio & Electrical Corp. Ltd (Dreco), Philco; Auckland