• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Pye (N.Z.) Ltd.; Waihi

• Year
• 1961 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 342620

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH81 EF89 EBC81 EL84 EM81 EZ80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Messenger PZ230 - Pye N.Z. Ltd.; Waihi

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Notes

• 6-valve 5-wave bandspread mantel features printed circuit reliability, exceptional tone. Piano key switching gives positive, accurate waveband selection. 

  Schematic also applies to Models PZ222, PZ222RG, PZ224 & PZ223RG.

• Price in first year of sale
• 43.75 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 6 July 1962 Page 14)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• The Golden Age of Radio in the Home 1986 (Page 38)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 88 models, 87 with images and 63 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Pye (N.Z.) Ltd.; Waihi