• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Australia

• Year
• 1960

• Category
• Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 238018

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• Number of Tubes
• 17

• Valves / Tubes
• 6ES8 6BL8 6BY7 6EJ7 6EJ7 6DX8 6BL8 6BL8 6BM8 6BL8 6CS6 6BM8 6BX6 6CM5 6AL3 1S2 AW53-88

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• OA70 or. OA80 or. OA90 OA79 OA79 OA81 or. OA91 OA81 or. OA91 OA81 or. OA91 OA81 or. OA91 OA81 or. OA91 OA210 or. 1N1763 OA210 or. 1N1763

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• VHF incl. FM and/or UHF (see notes for details)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200; 220; 240; 255 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Mercury 621 21CT621 - Philips Australia

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 30 x 35 x 16.625 inch / 762 x 889 x 422 mm

• Notes

• Philips Model 21CT621 "Mercury" Console

  A 21" (53 cm) console receiver having 110º picture tube, 16 valves, eight germanium diodes, five voltage-dependent resistors. Cabinet, on castors, finished in maple, walnut or rose mahogany.

  Features: aerial input 300 or 75 ohms. Ten channel (VHF) cascode turret tuner. Two frame-grid valves in three-stage IF; two sound IF stages, ratio detector. DC coupling to picture tube tube. Keyed, gated, delayed AGC; frequency controlled noise gate. Stabilised vertical, horizontal and EHT circuits. New horizontal chassis, easily accessible for servicing.

  Controls: push-button on-off, channel selector, fine tuning, brightness/contrast, volume/tone. Rear preset-horizontal hold, vertical hold. (FROM MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 113 lb 0 oz (113 lb) / 51.302 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 194.25 Aus £

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Aug 1960.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Philips Service Data, June 1960)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Television Service Handbook (L.J. Series Vol. 1 1962 & Vol. 2 1967, Page P13.)

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 900 models, 689 with images and 411 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Australia