• Country
• Italy

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

• Year
• 1933/1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 108260

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 2A7 58 2A6 2A5 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 175 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 581 [Serie Transoceanica] - Phonola SA, FIMI; Saronno VA

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

• Notes

• Controllo di tono. Ingresso Pick-Up.

  Pentagrid converter (mixing stage), diode detection, AVC.

  See also Phonola 581 Ch= 560 with pentode mixer, anode bend detection, no AVC, MW only.

• Price in first year of sale
• 1,600.00 ITL

• Source of data
• Guida Pratica Antique Radio II (2000)

• Mentioned in
• Schemario di apparecchi radio a valvole (II edizione, D.E. Ravalico - Hoepli - 1945)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 716 models, 458 with images and 545 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Phonola SA, FIMI; Saronno (VA)