• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1933–1935

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 88150

• • 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
• 6A7 6D6 6B7 43 25Z5 or 25Y5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 220-260 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Mickey Mouse OZ - Astor brand, Radio Corporation

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

• Notes

• Later versions used 25Y5.

  The Minnie Mouse Auditorium Speaker was available as an accessory for this radio.

  It plugged into a socket on the rear and was switched into circuit by a rotary switch on the side of the radio. It is assumed a special knob was proved with the speaker to operate the switch on the side of the Astor OZ.

  Later known examples, with serial numbers around 7000 have the power plug and extension speaker socket on the chassis removed and blanked off with a Bakelite cover. The speaker change over switch is also removed; however, the cabinet still has the hole for the speaker change over knob.

• Price in first year of sale
• 13.00 Aus£

• Source of data
• - - Data from my own collection

• Mentioned in
• Silicon Chip Magazine

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hughes. 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