• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Norelco, North American Philips Co. Inc.; Dobbs Ferry and New York, NY

• Year
• 1959/1960

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 115367

• • Brand: Norelco

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• Number of Tubes
• 9

• Valves / Tubes
• ECC85 ECH81 EF89 EF85 EM84 EABC80 EL84 EL86 EZ80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 452/10700 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)     11 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, 2 Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 cycles: 90; 110; 127; 145; 190; 220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 2 Loudspeakers

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: B5X98A - Norelco, North American

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 21.25 x 12.75 x 8 inch / 540 x 324 x 203 mm

• Notes
• Made by Philips Holland for Norelco (North American Philips). Export model (typical US dial, no station names as in Europe), similar to B5X92A. There is also a domestic model with the same designation which indicates "made in 1959". It consumes 64 watts at 117 volts (110 V Tap). Broadcast 517 - 1622 kc, SW 3.2 - 7.5 mc and 7.3 - 15.8 mc. FM 88-108 mc. See this video: ....youtube.com/watch?v=8j9flpM0Eug&NR=1 - with a Chinese Jazz song played by this set in China. Dial lamps: 2x 8024N (6,3V/0,3A).

• Source of data
• -- Collector info (Sammler)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (8-1961 Set 542 Folder 9)

• Author
• Model page created by Gottfried Silberhorn. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 75 models, 57 with images and 27 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Norelco, North American Philips Co. Inc.; Dobbs Ferry and New York, NY