Sonate 796U

• Country
• Netherlands

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt

• Year
• 1936/1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 96801

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• AK2 AF3 ABC1 AL4 AM1 AZ1

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 128 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110; 125; 145; 200; 220; 245 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 26 cm = 10.2 inch

• Power out
• 4.3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sonate 796U - Philips; Eindhoven tubes

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 550 x 430 x 270 mm / 21.7 x 16.9 x 10.6 inch

• Notes

• With monoknob.

  The radio chassis is basically the same as model 796A. A separate vibrator with its own mains voltage selector was added (vibrator: code nr. 28.890.29, vibratory converter: code nr. 28.891.460).
  AC or DC mains selectable. 

  Some extra shielding was added for filtering interference from convertor unit. See technical papers with this model.

• Price in first year of sale
• 220.00 Hfl

• Source of data
• Technisch- Commercieel - Radio Vademecum Staleman

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Author
• Model page created by John Koster. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5235 models, 4368 with images and 3446 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt