11-20-2005, 11:13 PM
I have a couple of the '41 model players as described above. The 41-RP-1 is in an open case and the RP-2 has a closing lid on the case. The 41-RP-2 belonged to old friends, and I have known it since new. They gave it to me many years ago. The oscillator has a 6A7 for the oscillator and modulator. A 6Z4/84 is the rectifier. Circuitry in the oscillator is very simple. Unlike most wireless players, this one couples into the AC line, and transmits as a carrier current transmitter. The original owners used it in their living room with an old US Radio & TV superhet radio and it worked beautifully. About 1963 or so, they bought a new stereo console and gave me the RP-2.
The only difficulty today, if a live cartridge can be found, is finding a quiet spot on the AM band, even down at the low end. As one may expect, Philco's circuit engineering made this player a cut above most other makes in performance.
The only difficulty today, if a live cartridge can be found, is finding a quiet spot on the AM band, even down at the low end. As one may expect, Philco's circuit engineering made this player a cut above most other makes in performance.
