Operatic Playmate Senior 37P
Operatic (brand), Bland Radio Pty. Ltd.: Adelaide SA
- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Operatic (brand), Bland Radio Pty. Ltd.: Adelaide SA
- Year
- 1948–1950
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 268423
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- Brand: Operatic
Ebay #321767464649 Seller:moforetro
Ebay #321767464649 seller: moforetro
Front of my operatic 37P
Dial Section of my Operatic 37P
Under chassis of My Operatic 37P
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 7 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / 1.5 & 2 x 45 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Operatic Playmate Senior 37P - Operatic brand, Bland Radio
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 12 x 10.25 x 5.25 inch / 305 x 260 x 133 mm
- Notes
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OPERATIC Portable
Bland Radio Ltd. Coromandel Place, Adelaide, SA
Model: Playmate Senior Portable.
Selling Features: 5 valve B/C portable; RF stage; miniature valves; 6" speaker; Litz loop aerial built into lid; 3-colour 6" x 3" straight-line dial; uses two No. 482 and one 745 batteries (has provision to use external batteries) ; brown leatherette covered on 5/16" bond wood case; chromium plated external fittings.
Availabily: Now.
Retail Price (Adelaide) : £27/6/- (RADIO ELECTRICAL WEEKLY NEW PRODUCTS, 3/9/1948)
See also later version Model A37P.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 17 lb 0 oz (17 lb) / 7.718 kg
- Price in first year of sale
- 26.30 AUS £
- Mentioned in
- Radio Electrical WEEKLY (Vol. 27, No. 19 (620th Issue), 3/9/1948.)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 8, 1950 (for 1949 models), Page 270.)
- Author
- Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 119 models, 67 with images and 9 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Operatic (brand), Bland Radio Pty. Ltd.: Adelaide SA
Collections
The model Operatic Playmate Senior is part of the collections of the following members.