• Year
  • 1941/1942
  • Category
  • Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 51274

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios)
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: AR-40 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
  • Shape
  • Chassis only or for «building in»
  • Notes
  • This model is equipped with a vibrator for the generation of B+.

     

     Model  Differences
     AR-40  Base model
     AR-50  Base model with automatic tuning

     

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 34.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Philco 1941 RMS Year Book

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