• Country
• Germany

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Radios - Deutschland

• Year
• 1949–1951

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 7098

• • Brand: Deutsche Philips-Ges.

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• UCH5 UCH5 UBL3 UY3

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• U2410PL UB2500

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 125/220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Merkur BD493U - Philips Radios - Deutschland

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Price in first year of sale
• 345.00 DM

• Source of data
• Radiokatalog Band 1, Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Lange-Nowisch

• Mentioned in
• Funkschau (5016)

• Other Models

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