• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1961–1972

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 208388

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

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

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200 - 260 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radiola B15 - Amalgamated Wireless

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.25 x 8.25 x 5.875 inch / 337 x 210 x 149 mm

• Notes

• AWA Radiola Model B15

  A modern designed mantel radio with fingertip adjustment to tuning, volume and tone with small diameter torpedo type control knobs. High sensitivity oval speaker. Five valve AC operated. Colours: black. sherwood green, oriental red and deep lavender, all with bone white or mist blue with vista blue.

  This model was a valve mantel mainstay throughout the 1960's and was still being sold new until 1972. By 1972 the B15 was only available in grey.  Price in 1972 was $65.

  Silicon Chip, July 2013, page 93, proposes a modification to prevent radiated IF feeding back into the front end which can cause instability.

  They suggest adding two 47pF caps. One between the junction of R6 & R8 and chassis & the other from pin 1 (or 7) of the 6AQ5 to the chassis. This will drop the unwanted IF by 20 to 30dB.

  See also Electrice Model E516M, Westinghouse Model W516M and transistor model AWA Model B23

• Price in first year of sale
• 27.30 AUS £

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Feb 1962 to Feb 1972.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (AWA Manufacturers Supervised Service for Model B15)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Radio Service Handbook (R.V. Series Vol. 1, 1963, Page A137.)

• Author
• Model page created by Pierre Rouaud. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1421 models, 830 with images and 438 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. (AWA); Sydney