- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne
- Year
- 1949
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 188864
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- alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 8 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / 2 x 45; 1.5 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: LR - Astor brand, Radio Corporation
- Shape
- Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
- Notes
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Shares the same console cabinet as models HS & FS.
- Price in first year of sale
- 58.50 AUS £
- Circuit diagram reference
- Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. VIII
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- - - Manufacturers Literature (Astor Technical Bulletin, LR-1, 8/8/1949.)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 8, 1950, Page 48.)
- Author
- Model page created by Stuart Irwin. 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