Sky Raider 12 valve

Craven Wylde Pty Ltd.; Sydney

  • Year
  • 1940
  • Category
  • Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 262485

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 12
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 240 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Sky Raider 12 valve - Craven Wylde Pty Ltd.; Sydney
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Notes
  • This communications receiver had 5 bands: 0.54 to 1.42 MHz, 1.38 to 3.9 MHz, 3.4 to 8 MHz, 7.6 to 19 MHz, 12 to 33.3 MHz.  The speaker was housed in a separate wooden console cabinet, but both the receiver and speaker could be supplied in one cabinet if so ordered.

  • Mentioned in
  • Radio & Hobbies, April, 1940, p. 49
  • Author
  • Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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