• Year
  • 1939
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 175317
    • alternative name: General Electric Company of Australia Ltd.

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 7 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 6 & 4 & -1.5 & -3 & -4.5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Hotpoint-Bandmaster 459DV - Australian General Electric GE
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Notes
  • This set uses a 4 volt synchronous vibrator power unit. The filaments are connected in parallel across one cell of the 6 volt battery and the vibrator power unit is supplied from the other two cells. This radio uses the same chassis and vibrator unit as the AWA Radiola model 175V.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 38.00 Aus£
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. III
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Mingay's Radio Diagram & I.F. Index
  • Author
  • Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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