• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Bell Radio-Television Corporation Ltd.; Auckland

• Year
• 1962

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 361416

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Transistors
• 8

• Semiconductors
• 2SA110 2SA111 2SA31 2SA31 2SB32 2SB33 2SB34 2SB34

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / D: 4 x 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: General Grant 8HA-161 - Bell Radio-Television

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• Bell 8HA-161 General Grant

  GENERAL "GRANT" The persuasive portable at a popular price. The radio with all the features: Power-packed 8 transistors plus 3 diodes; dual wave reception; two extension speaker or earphone connections; wide dial complete with meter-type tuning; battery charge indicator; ferrite rod, plus telescope whip aerial. Finished in sparkling Gold, Blue and Ivory. All this for ...£32/10/-.

• Price in first year of sale
• 32.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 22 November 1962 Page 6)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 50 models, 49 with images and 35 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Bell Radio-Television Corporation Ltd.; Auckland