• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ensign Radio, The Electric Lamphouse Ltd.; Wellington

• Year
• 1940 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 345662

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6K8 6D6 6B7 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50Hz, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Ensign 6V [Mantel] - Ensign Radio, The Electric

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 19 x 11 x 8.5 inch / 483 x 279 x 216 mm

• Notes

• 6-Valve superhet with RF stage dual wave mantel receiver.

  Manufactured by Collier & Beale Ltd for Electric Lamphouse Ltd.

  See also console version Ensign 6V.

• Price in first year of sale
• 26.00 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Evening Post 14 September 1940 Page 9)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 106)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 51 models, 49 with images and 36 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ensign Radio, The Electric Lamphouse Ltd.; Wellington