• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• His Master's Voice (HMV, H.M.V.), EMI (Australia) Ltd.; Sydney, NSW

• Year
• 1951–1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 191617

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1T4 1R5 1T4 1S5 3V4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 457.5 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 2 x 45 & 1.5 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Little Nipper B61D - His Master's Voice HMV, H.M.V.

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.25 x 10.5 x 5.75 inch / 337 x 267 x 146 mm

• Notes

• This model can be found with either a 5 by 7 inch elliptical speaker or a 5 inch round speaker.

  Batteries required: 1.5 Volt "A" Eveready Type 745 & 2 x 45 Volt "B" Eveready Type 482.

  Case colours available in Cream, Burgundy & Brown. After 1954 was available only in Burgundy.

  This model was a mainstay throughout the 1950's.  Price in 1959 was £35/14/-.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 8 lb (8 lb 0 oz) / 3.632 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 33.80 AUS £

• Circuit diagram reference
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. X

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (HMV Service Manual.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 10, 1952, Page 132.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 584 models, 399 with images and 276 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from His Master's Voice (HMV, H.M.V.), EMI (Australia) Ltd.; Sydney, NSW