Gerard's Philips B5X94A

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Philips B5X94A Table top

First generation Plano

**Data for Philips B5X94A**
Production	The Netherlands, 1959.
Bands	LW MW SW FM (87.5-100 MHz).
Tubes	ECC85 ECH81 EF89 EBF89 EAA91 ECC83 EL84 EL84 EZ81 EM80.
Cabinet	Wood.
Power	AC.

The Design

Decent ten tube home entertainment set of the 1960 era. This line of radios was equiped with double output amplifyer, but only the later types (B5X43A of 1964) had a built-in stereo demultiplexer. In 1960, you were supposed to play stereo records or tapes, but not listen to radio in stereo. The tone control is a bit poor, with just three pushbuttons to suppress or amplify frequency bands.

Obtained	6/2004 from Activiteitenmarkt Slotlaan.
Condition	9.
Disposed	Sold 12/2004.
Sound sample	PLAY SOUND In preparation of the Radio Corner 10 Year Jubilee party, Gerard runs all the experiments that the visitors can do that day. In the oscillator experiment I try to log some amateur stations by receiving SSB stations using two ordinary broadcast receivers (together 100 years old!). In my first attempt I log a station from Spain and one from Djakarta, so the test clearly shows that the experiment is possible.

This Object

The radio needed an alignment of the decoder. I found this a bit scary because i heard these things often get misaligned badly and are hard to get right again. But when replacement of the detector elco didn't improve the badly distorted sound, I tweaked the detector and this worked fine. Sound is now good and, what is also important, at its best when the eye indication is maximal (that's what the ye is for, isn't it!). I did some cleaning and replaced three broken supports.

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