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Philco Model 249 made in England
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Neat looking set, definitely Euro- style. I am guessing that this is solidstate due to the vent holes (or lack thereof, and the particleboard sides put it in the very late 50s to 60s. The turntable is a Garrard, and seems to be somewhere between the Model RC88 and Model A and the 40 Mark 2 or 40B series turntables that were so popular here in the 1960 sand early 70s. the model A and RC80 series supported the stack of records from the passive "spindle" and the device at the left rear, in which a knife "pushed the records off the cliff" of the spindle. Your turntable has an arm that holds the records on the spindle and another arm that senses the presence and size of records on the spindle. These changers took over the USA market from Voice of Music, BSR and Collaro, as well as turntables manufactured by the radio manufacturers (RCA and Philco used to manufacture their own turntables).

It appears from the labeling on the back that the radio has a dual range power supply.

Send more pix as you disassemble it. Especially send pix of the tone arm and cartridge. If the cartridge is magnetic, it will be nicer sounding than crystal cartridges. One issue will be power line frequency. Unless specifically marketed for export, the turntable was designed for 50 Hz and will run plenty fast on 60 Hz, changing both speed and pitch of a record. This will not be an issue for the radio.

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Philco Model 249 made in England - by fklown - 04-18-2025, 11:40 AM
RE: Philco Model 249 made in England - by GarySP - 04-18-2025, 03:19 PM
RE: Philco Model 249 made in England - by fklown - 04-18-2025, 03:32 PM
RE: Philco Model 249 made in England - by MrFixr55 - 04-18-2025, 09:32 PM
RE: Philco Model 249 made in England - by morzh - 04-19-2025, 10:48 AM
RE: Philco Model 249 made in England - by fklown - 04-19-2025, 11:27 AM
RE: Philco Model 249 made in England - by Arran - 04-19-2025, 11:26 PM



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