Philips model 796A

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General features

Radio type

Mains powered table radio

Circuit type

Superheterodyne, 128kHz IF with delayed AVC

Dimensions

17.5kg

Cabinet

Wood, cloth grille, printed glass dial in Bakelite bezel, metal ornament

Loudspeaker

250mm, moving coil, permanent magnet

Main controls

Volume, tone/IF bandwidth, tuning, power/waveband/PU switch

Extra controls

Mains/external antenna, speech/music reproduction, LS on/off

Connections

Antenna, ground, extra LS, PU

Power

AC, 110-245V in 6 steps, 50W


Wave bands

LW

708-2000m

MW

185-585m

SW

16.7-51m


Circuits and Tubes

Oscillator and mixer

EK2 octode

IF amplifier

EF5 remote cutoff pentode

Detector and audio amplifier

EBC3 duodiode-triode

Audio power amplifier

EL3 9W power pentode

Rectifier

EZ3 indirectly heated dual power diode

Tuning indicator

EM1 triode-fluorescent tube