• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1948/1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 187895

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• X17 W17 ZD17 N17

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 67.5 & 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3 inch = 7.6 cm

• Power out
• 0.08 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: P17BX - His Master's Voice HMV, H.M.V.

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 5 x 2.5 x 9 inch / 127 x 64 x 229 mm

• Notes

• HMV
  The Gramophone Co. Ltd.

  Model: P17BX
  Features: Imported 4 valve, B/C; 3" speaker; set operates when lid is opened; uses 1.5V (D cells) and 67.5V (Eveready 467) batteries; loop aerial fitted inside lid.
  Retail Price: £23/2/- (including batteries).

  Same as the Marconiphone Model P17B in a different case.

  Made in the UK.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 3 lb 10 oz (3.625 lb) / 1.646 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 23.10 AUS £

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

• Mentioned in
• Radio Electrical WEEKLY (Portables on Parade Supplement, 29/10/1948.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Service Manual, April 1948.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 7, 1949 (for 1948 models), Page 180.)

• 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