Philco 48-482 radio with table

[DavGoodlin]

Posting this model due to its size and furniture that came with it. This just came from a relative who said it resided in the same house and exact spot, since new until a few years ago. Every time it seems a different higher-end Philco shows up locally, it's in fine condition and rarely from a basement or outbuilding.

Broadcast and shortwave were pretty standard through the 40's radios and most all had built-in antenna loops, with consoles able to hide larger loops and thus, performing better than smaller models.

Once the present FM band was established after the former 42-50 mc band was restricted by the FCC, radios were often found with this new band. Some worked better than others depending upon the phase detector discriminator designs. The one major advantage to radios of this era, before small IF transformers and 7-pin tubes,

Photo linked from my favorite site - https://philcoradio.com/gallery2/1948a/#Model_48-482

I will get some pictures of this table beast, the insides are quite impressive!.