• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd.; Wellington

• Year
• 1946

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 166671

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 9

• Valves / Tubes
• EF39 ECH35 EF39 EBC33 6U5 EBC33 EL33 EL33 25Z6GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 596 - Philips Electrical Industries

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 605 x 360 x 260 mm / 23.8 x 14.2 x 10.2 inch

• Notes

• Philips 596

  9-valve (including magic eye) superhet with RF stage all wave mantel receiver with extension speaker and gramophone connections.

  See also Mullard 946 using the same chassis.

• Price in first year of sale
• 49.00 NZ Guineas

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Hauraki Plains Gazette 14 August 1946 Page 7)

• Author
• Model page created by Aglef Tröger. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 184 models, 178 with images and 135 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd.; Wellington