• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Electrical Specialty Mfg. Co. Ltd. (ESM)

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 162693

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• Number of Tubes
• 9

• Valves / Tubes
• EK2 6D6 6H6 76 6G5 76 42 42 5Z3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Aristocrat 801 [with mostly pre-octal valves ] - Electrical Specialty Mfg. Co.

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes

• AORSM gives the IF frequency as 465 kHz but Mingay's I.F. Index gives it as 452 kHz.

  Later models had 2 valves type 6C5 and 2 valves type 6F6 at the output stage. See Aristocrat 801 late. See also "Alterations" on schematic with the other model.

• Price in first year of sale
• 40.00 Aus£

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 1, 1938, Page 36.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 63 models, 19 with images and 15 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Electrical Specialty Mfg. Co. Ltd. (ESM)