• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167318

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 7A8 7B7 7C6 7A5 7Y4

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 717 - Dominion Radio & Electrical

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 496 x 300 x 230 mm / 19.5 x 11.8 x 9.1 inch

• Notes

• This model appears in a list compiled by John Stokes during his research into the history of New Zealand radio.

  5-valve all-wave receiver with push-button tuning

• Mentioned in
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 108)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Evening Post 16 July 1941 Page 4)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 122 models, 108 with images and 104 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