• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. (AWA); Sydney

• Year
• 1953/1954

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 193145

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BE6 6BA6 6AV6 6AQ5 6U5 6X4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s); Export model

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100-130; 190-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: AWA 1548MA - Amalgamated Wireless

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• AWA Special export model.
  Exported to Columbo Plan countries in SE Asia.
  Radio dial was marked with frequency only and no Australian Stations.

  FREQUENCY BANDS;
  (I) 1600-540 kHz ....................................... (187.5-555 M)
  (2) 4.0-1.5 MHz ……………………………. (75-200 M)
  (3) 3.7-10 MHz…………….……………….. (30-81M)
  (4) 15.0-9.5 MHz…………………………… (31.5-20M)
  (5) 14.8-23MHz………….....……….……… (13-20.3M)

  9" x 6" Elliptical speaker.

  The circuit is similar to the Radiola 518M.

  The cabinet is available in Walnut, Burgundy & Ivory.

  Information from J McIlwaine.

• Price in first year of sale
• 48.00 AUS £

• Circuit diagram reference
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. XII

• Mentioned in
• HRSA Radiowaves #147, Jan 2019, page 12.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (AWA Technical Information & Service Data.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 12, 1954, Page 118.)

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1421 models, 830 with images and 444 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. (AWA); Sydney