Andrea Dual Wave 6 volt Model

Ensign Radio, The Electric Lamphouse Ltd.; Wellington

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  • Year
  • 1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 332745

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Number of Transistors
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 470 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Andrea Dual Wave 6 volt Model - Ensign Radio, The Electric
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
  • Notes

  • 6 valve, 6 volt powered, dual wave superhet with RF stage.

    • Broadcast Band - 520 to 1550 kc/s
    • Shortwave – 5.8 to 16.8 Mc/s
    • Operates from one 6-volt storage battery
    • Alnico permanent magnet dynamic speaker
    • Two-speed tuning (12 to 1-60 to 1 ratio)
    • 5” illuminated, etched on metal dial, calibrated in Mc/s and metres on short wave band, kc/s and metres on medium wave.
    • Triple automatic antifading control
    • Continuous variable tone control
    • Diode detector
    • Gramophone connection
    • Remote speaker connection

    Imported from Andrea Radio Corp. USA.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 31.50 NZ £
  • Mentioned in
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (Lamphouse Annual 1938, Page 39.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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