• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940/1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 136324

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 7A8 7B7 7C6 50L6GT 35Z3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: PT-49 Transitone [50L6GT tube] - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• According to the Philco 1940 and 1941 RMS Yearbooks, there are two versions of PT-49. The 1939/40 model has a 35A5 output tube, and the 1940/41 model has a 50L6GT output tube.

• Price in first year of sale
• 20.00 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Mentioned in
• Philco Radio 1928-1942

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 04, 1941 (Philco 1941 RMS Yearbook)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 125.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Philco Folder No. PR-799-A for 1941.

• Author
• Model page created by Thomas Albrecht. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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