• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Akrad Radio Corporation; Waihi

• Year
• 1946

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 349517

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8GT 6U7G 6Q7GT 6V6GT 6X5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Pathfinder Halifax 526 - Akrad Radio Corporation; Waihi

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes

• 5-valve dual wave superhet table chest model receiver.

  Pathfinder radios only seem to have been advertised in Drages Home Centres, and look to have been made by Westco and Akrad.

  The brand appears to have been short-lived just after WWII.

  See also Pacific 526L which shares the same chassis.

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 8 March 1946 Page 3)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 58 models, 56 with images and 49 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Akrad Radio Corporation; Waihi