• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Dominion Radio & Electrical Corp. Ltd (Dreco), Philco; Auckland

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 365818

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7G 6Q7G 6F6G 5Y4G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50-60 Hz, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 7 inch = 17.8 cm

• Power out
• 3 W (max.)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 38-10EZ Code 121 [Conventional Cabinet] - Dominion Radio & Electrical

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 455 x 285 x 225 mm / 17.9 x 11.2 x 8.9 inch

• Notes

• Philco 38-10EZ Code 121 Conventional Cabinet

  5 valve dual wave superhet with conventional table cabinet. 

  Possibly a New Zealand specific model given the model suffix EZ and 230V (see model label).

  Marketed throughout New Zealand by distributor Charles Begg & Co. Ltd.

  Made in the USA. See also 6-valve NZ Philco 38-9EZ Code 121, NZ Philco 38-10EZ Code 121 Bullet and US domestic version 38-10T Bullet.

• Price in first year of sale
• 22.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Evening Post 17 February 1938 Page 26)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 172 models, 160 with images and 137 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Dominion Radio & Electrical Corp. Ltd (Dreco), Philco; Auckland