• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 181761

• • alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia

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

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6ES6 12AD6 6ET6 12FK6

• Number of Transistors
• 2

• Semiconductors
• CK874 2N301

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 12 Volt

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

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Ford Diamond Dot EQJ - Astor brand, Radio Corporation

• Shape
• Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.

• Notes
• This model was specifically designed for the Ford Custom 300 and Fairlane 500 cars. It has push button as well as manual tuning. The valves used are low-voltage types.

• Price in first year of sale
• 57.75 AUS £

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (E.I.L. Service Bulletin, EQJ-1, 14/9/1959 & EQJ-2, 14/12/1959.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Car Radio Service Handbook (Page A15.)

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 851 models, 463 with images and 354 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne