Philips model 291A

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General features

Radio type

AC powered table radio

Circuit type

Superheterodyne, 452kHz IF with simple AVC

Dimensions

630x440x300mm, 25.6kg

Cabinet

Veneered wood, Bakelite and metal ornament, cloth grille, cylindrical rotating printed glass dial

Loudspeaker

250mm, moving coil, permanent magnet

Main controls

Volume, tone, sensitivity/bandwith/PU switch, waveband switch, main tuning, bandspread tuning, power on/off.

Extra controls

Loudspeaker on/off

Connections

Antenna, ground, PU, external loudspeaker

Power

AC, 110-245V in 6 steps, 90W


Wave bands

LW

750-2100m

MW

170-570m

SW4

52-170m

SW3

30-52m

SW2

18-30m

SW1

11-18m

Bandspread on SW1

14m, 17m

Bandspread on SW2

20m, 25m

Bandspread on SW3

31m, 49m


Circuits and Tubes

RF preamplifier

EF8 low noise remote cutoff pentode

Mixer

EH2 heptode

Oscillator

EF6 sharp cutoff pentode, triode operated

IF amplifier

EF9 remote cutoff pentode

Detector and AVC

EAB1 triple diode

Audio amplifier

EF6 sharp cutoff pentode

Audio power amplifier

EL6 18W pentode

Rectifier

1561 dual diode

Tuning indicator

EM3 fluorescent tube-triode