• Year
  • 1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 348374

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 7 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC)
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 651 - His Master's Voice N.Z., Ltd.,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).
  • Notes
  • An AC mains 3 band five valve (plus rectifier) superhet table radio covering MW, LW, and SW (16.5 - 52 metres). Elliptical speaker and figured walnut cabinet. Sockets for earth and external aerial, and provision for a gramophone pick-up and extension loudspeaker. 

    A similar chassis is fitted to the HMV 661 radiogram. See also an earlier HMV 651 model built in Belgium with a different cabinet and valve complement.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 24.00 NZ £
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (Evening Star 6 August 1938 Page 20)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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