• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne

• Year
• 1958–1961

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 306950

• • alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1T4 1R5 1T4 1S5 3V4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 200-260 9/90 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Deluxe Portable JKP - Astor brand, Radio Corporation

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• 5 valve superheterodyne broadcast universal portable receiver with battery reactivation.

  Speaker, Rola type 5 F.

  Batteries used, Eveready types 739 (9V) & 2 x 482 (45V)

  Colours availble in Coral, Cream, Dark Green, Charcoal, Lime, Chinese Red, Tan, White, Pale Green & Cherry Red.

• Price in first year of sale
• 39.90 AUS £

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Astor Technical Bulletin JKP-1, 12/11/1958.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Radio Service Handbook (R.V. Series Vol. 1, 1963, Page A56.)

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Kent. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 851 models, 463 with images and 354 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne