Empire Automatic X521 B
Philco Radio & Television Corp. of Great Britain Ltd.; London
- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Philco Radio & Television Corp. of Great Britain Ltd.; London
- Year
- 1938
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 312576
Cat. Philco 1938
Cat. Philco 1938
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 475 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
- Power type and voltage
- AC/DC-set / 200-250 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
- Power out
- 2.5 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Bakelite case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Empire Automatic X521 [B] - Philco Radio & Television Corp
- Shape
- Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).
- Notes
-
A 2 band AC or DC mains table radio in a bakelite cabinet designed by Raymond Lowey. Automatic Teledial tuning with 7 push buttons preset to 7 MW and 3 LW radio stations, glowing beam station indicator and manual tuning (MW 200-550 metres, LW 1100-1900 metres). With full delayed A.V.C., and extension speaker sockets.
The same chassis is fitted into the Philco Empire Automatic De Luxe X521W table radio housed in a wooden cabinet.
- Price in first year of sale
- 9.00 GNS
- Mentioned in
- Cat.Philco October 1938
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- - - Manufacturers Literature (Philco Radio Service Bulletin No. 86 dated August 1938)
- Author
- Model page created by Manfred Rathgeb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 256 models, 157 with images and 129 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Philco Radio & Television Corp. of Great Britain Ltd.; London