- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne
- Year
- 1946–1948
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 177604
-
- alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia
Picture from Antonio Barros-Regada .
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries / 135 & 2 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
- Material
- Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: MK - Astor brand, Radio Corporation
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Notes
-
Bakelite cabinet type M2, Astor part no. 59/81, the same used on models KN, JJ, FP & LJ.
See also Monarch model DMK & Peter Pan model BMK, both of which are based on the MK, albeit with some minor differences.
- Price in first year of sale
- 24.96 AUS £
- Circuit diagram reference
- Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. V
- Mentioned in
- Mingay's "Radio Diagram & I.F. Index
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- - - Manufacturers Literature (Astor Technical Bulletin MK-1 & MN-1, 31/1/1946 & MK-2 & MN-2, 16/9/1947.)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 5, 1946, Page 67.)
- 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
Forum contributions about this model: Astor brand, Radio: MK
Threads: 1 | Posts: 12
Dear Radiophiles,
From a friend,who is also a member, I got one Astror radio,similar to model FP which picture I send atatched but which originaly has been built for battery operation.Unfortunately it came without tubes and without the original wiring or any identification plate,,thus making impossible for us to identify the model number.Both of us would like,if possible,to have the schematic of this battery version of this FP model,so that it could be reconstructed.Is there anyone who could give us a hand both to identify this model,the caractheristics and possibly the schematic?Thanks in advance, A.B.Regada
Antonio Barros-Regada, 14.Jul.10