- Country
- New Zealand-Aotearoa
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Dominion Radio & Electrical Corp. Ltd (Dreco), Philco; Auckland
- Year
- 1948
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 167339
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 11
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus more than 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 888 - Dominion Radio & Electrical
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 625 x 410 x 280 mm / 24.6 x 16.1 x 11 inch
- Notes
-
11-valve, 9 band superhet with RF stage and push-pull audio output.
This model appears in a list compiled by John Stokes during his research into the history of New Zealand radio.
4 standard tuning bands
- 540-1700 kHz
- 1.5-2.6 Mhz
- 2.3-7.3 MHz
- 7.2-22 MHz
5 bandspread bands
- 9.4-9.9 MHz
- 11.4-12 MHz
- 14.8-15.6 MHZ
- 17.4-18.2 MHz
- 21.2-21.8 MHz
Similar to the US Philco 46-888 tropic model
- Source of data
- -- Original prospect or advert
- Mentioned in
- More Golden Age of Radio (Page 108 (with error in year))
- 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
Collections
The model Philco is part of the collections of the following members.