Philco Radios


This is my favorite, the Philco 610. Not only is it an antique, but it still performs like new. Just set the dial to the station you want, turn it on, and it's there. The short wave bands also work extremely well. With just a short piece of wire, I can pick up just about anything.

The warm glow of the dial light is a beautiful sight. No digital receiver has this much Class.

Here's the business end.

My grandfather used to go out and buy new tubes occasionally. He bought some really good ones, because they have been in there for at least 45 years. The only problem parts were the filter capacitors - I replaced them around 1965, and nothing has been done to the set since.

I plan to refinish the cabinet, in spite of the perceived value because I intend to keep it. May as well make it look nice.


This is a nice old Philco console, a TRF type set.

The audio section.

The dynamic speaker.

There is some confusion as to what a dynamic speaker is. Traditionally, it is any speaker with a field coil. The field coil had two major functions. One is to supply a magnetic field for the voice coil to work against, and the other is to help filter the B+ supply. Sometimes you will see "dynamic" written on a permanent magnet speaker.


Here's what gets noticed first on a radio - the dial. Even though it has nothing but numbers, millions of radio listeners kept their eye on it.

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