• Year
  • 1948
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 187935
    • alternative name: General Electric Company of Australia Ltd.

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 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 / 90 & 1.5 & 4.5 or 4 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 7 inch = 17.8 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Hotpoint-Bandmaster Q55DB - Australian General Electric GE
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
  • Notes
  • This model could be powered from dry batteries or from a 4 volt storage battery using a plug-in synchronous vibrator power unit. When on dry batteries the 4.5 volt battery is only for the dial lights. It uses the same chassis as the AWA Radiola model 616T.
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. VII
  • Author
  • Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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