• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1951/1952

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 51028

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 7A8 12BA6 12AV6 35L6GT 35Z5GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105 - 125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 52-540-I Code 122 Transitone - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• Color: Ivory. There are different output tubes listed: Beitman featured the 50L6GT, Rider's a 35L6GT, while Sam's shows a 50L6GT in the schematic, but mentions also a 35L6. To be on the safe side we list the models separately, since printed labels stating different tubes had been applied to the radios.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 23 (last), covering up to 1954

• Mentioned in
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 12, 1952

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 12-51, Set 154, Folder 10)

• 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