People´s Set 444

• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philco Radio & Television Corp. of Great Britain Ltd.; London

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 78622

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 78E PenDD61 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 451 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

• Loudspeaker
• -Loudspeaker incorporated, but system not known.

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: People´s Set 444 - Philco Radio & Television Corp

• Shape
• Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.5 x 16 x 9.5 inch / 318 x 406 x 241 mm

• Notes
• The price was 6gns = 6£ 6s 0d. Same cabinet (probably made by E.K. Cole (EKCO)) also as battery version 333. Valves were considerably more expensive in Britain than in the USA. So the outlet in Britain of Philadelphia Storage Battery Company = Philco Pennsylvania had to find a way to produce a superhet with lesser valves (tubes).

• Source of data
• Radio! Radio!

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. 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