BG414A

Philips Electrical, Lamps, Industrial - Miniwatt; London

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  • Year
  • 1951
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 245343

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100 - 250 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
  • Material
  • Bakelite case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: BG414A - Philips Electrical, Lamps,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 450 x 300 x 210 mm / 17.7 x 11.8 x 8.3 inch
  • Notes

  • The BG514A and 603A are similar chassis, but BG514 adds a tuning indicator behind the tuning scale.

    Foil/ Plate internal aerial for local station use, really may need external Aerial and Earth.

    External Speaker sockets (5 to 7 Ohms).

    Ceramic/Crystal "Gram"/"P.U." wander plug sockets.

    Wavebands:

    1. LW: 154 ... 425 kHz (unusally high frequency)
    2. MW: 517 ... 1630 kHz
    3. SW: 5.9 ... 18.2 MHz

    The Tone / Quality switch

    1. Radio Quality
    2. Radio Mellow
    3. Radio Speech
    4. Gram Quality
    5. Gram Mellow

    There are 4th & 5th "Gram"/"P.U." positions (different tone quality) on the waveband scale, but switch may have only 3 positions. Some models have an amended quality switch circuit. Power on/off on Volume control.

    Seperate delayed AGC.

    Two 6.5V 300mA scale lamps.

    Depth includes knobs, feet etc.
     

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 7.2 kg / 15 lb 13.7 oz (15.859 lb)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Michael Watterson. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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