• Year
  • 1929
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 51119

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown); Screengrid 1926-1935
  • Tuned circuits
  • 3 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 65 Lowboy [Early] - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 27 x 40 x 14 inch / 686 x 1016 x 356 mm
  • Notes
  • Model 65 was available in a metal table cabinet, a lowboy, a console (actually a small highboy), a highboy, a Tudor highboy, and a deluxe highboy. The "early" versions had only three controls (tuning, volume, and power); a local/distance switch was added on the "late" versions. One dial (primary tuning control knob).

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 80 lb (80 lb 0 oz) / 36.320 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 119.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 2 = 1932 (Models 1931/1932)
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Philco Radio 1928-1942 (Philco 1928-36 Wiring Diagrams, Parts Lists, and Essential Service Data)
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Philco Folder Form. 2120 for 1929.

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