• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1953 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 51060

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 35C5 35W4

• 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 / 117V = 105 -120 Volt

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

• Power out
• 1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 53-563 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• Philco model 53-563 is an AC-DC operated 2 band AM superheterodyne receiver. Color: Ebony - Swedish red.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 13, 1953

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (Rider's Perpetual, Volume 23 (last))

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 3-53, Set 196 Folder 12)

• Other Models

• Here you find 4120 models, 2227 with images and 3768 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA