• Year
  • 1974
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 287456

 Technical Specifications

  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 6 x 1.5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Material
  • Various materials
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Pacific Mask - Bendix Corporation Australia
  • Shape
  • Design Radio or Novelty / Gadget - fancy or unusual shape.
  • Notes
  • One of three novelty radios manufactured by Bendix with cases modelled on sculptures by well know Sydney sculptor, Bim Hilder.

     The three models were Pacific Mask (this one), Aboriginal Head and Noah’s Ark. They sold for $AU39.95 in May 1974.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 39.95 $AU
  • Mentioned in
  • Australian Women’s Weekly, 29 May 1974, Page 42.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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