Philco Model 66L Lowboy Floor-Standing Radio (1934)
The Philco model 66L is an entry level console that, as best as I can tell
from advertising, first started appearing in stores in December of 1934,
just in time for Christmas. Its introductory price was $49.95 complete. For
a limited time, home delivery and installation was even included in this
price. In some stores it could be purchased for as little as $5 down with a
balance due of $1.25 weekly. Stores also provided additional incentives
by offering trade-in allowances on a customer's existing "old style" radio,
regardless of make - $4.95 was a typical allowance when buying a 66L.
from advertising, first started appearing in stores in December of 1934,
just in time for Christmas. Its introductory price was $49.95 complete. For
a limited time, home delivery and installation was even included in this
price. In some stores it could be purchased for as little as $5 down with a
balance due of $1.25 weekly. Stores also provided additional incentives
by offering trade-in allowances on a customer's existing "old style" radio,
regardless of make - $4.95 was a typical allowance when buying a 66L.
| "Latest features including Bass Compensation, Automatic Volume Control, Tone Control, Electro-Dynamic Speaker, Philco High-Efficiency Tubes, etc. Beautiful cabinet of choice woods." |
Philco 66L...a powerful new radio that tunes in the world.
This radio continued to be advertised by stores through May of 1935.
The 66L uses a 5-tube ac-powered chassis that was also used by models
66B and 66S. It is basically a 60B design modified to provide extended
shortwave coverage. It tunes the standard broadcast band from
540-1720kc and shortwave from 5.5-16.0mc. The tubes used are:- 6A7
(mixer/LO), 78 (IF amp), 75 (2nd detector/AVC/1st AF), 42 (AF output
pentode) and 80 (rectifier). Controls are volume/on-off (left), tuning
(upper), band selector (lower center) and two-point tone control. The
schematic may be found here.
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This model uses a similar lowboy cabinet to the model 45L. Most
advertisements featuring the 66L pointed out that "the same cabinet
could be purchased with a heavier chassis" - namely that of the 6-tube
model 45L, the price of which was $10 more at $59.95
The 66L uses a 5-tube ac-powered chassis that was also used by models
66B and 66S. It is basically a 60B design modified to provide extended
shortwave coverage. It tunes the standard broadcast band from
540-1720kc and shortwave from 5.5-16.0mc. The tubes used are:- 6A7
(mixer/LO), 78 (IF amp), 75 (2nd detector/AVC/1st AF), 42 (AF output
pentode) and 80 (rectifier). Controls are volume/on-off (left), tuning
(upper), band selector (lower center) and two-point tone control. The
schematic may be found here.
scroll down for more...
This model uses a similar lowboy cabinet to the model 45L. Most
advertisements featuring the 66L pointed out that "the same cabinet
could be purchased with a heavier chassis" - namely that of the 6-tube
model 45L, the price of which was $10 more at $59.95
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