• Country
• Italy

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Phonola SA, FIMI; Saronno (VA)

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 30662

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• EK2 EF9 EBC3 EL3 AZ1

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Details
• Record Player (not changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 125; 160; 180; 220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 18 cm = 7.1 inch

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 518 - Phonola SA, FIMI; Saronno VA

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 520 x 200 x 360 mm / 20.5 x 7.9 x 14.2 inch

• Notes

• Trasportabile.

  E' la versione radiofonografo del Mod. 521 serie Trasportabile con aggiunta di complesso fonografico a 78 giri. Mobile in legno di noce e maniglia di cuoio.

  Controllo di tono.
  La rete elettrica è utilizzata come antenna tramite un condensatore.

• Price in first year of sale
• 2,400.00 ITL

• Source of data
• Guida Pratica Antique Radio (1) 1999

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Il Radio Libro (E.D. Ravalico) Edizioni Hoepli (VI edizione 1942)

• Author
• Model page created by Alessandro De Poi. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 715 models, 454 with images and 542 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Phonola SA, FIMI; Saronno (VA)