• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1948/1949

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 51335

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6BE6 6BA6 6AV6 7C5 6X4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 460 kHz

• 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)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: CR-8 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes
• This model is equipped with a vibrator for generating B+.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 19 = 1949 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio College of Canada (Philco Datasheets 177, 184-186)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 38, Date 4/48, Folder 488-13)

• 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