• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Radio and Hobbies, Radio Television & Hobbies, Electronics Australia magazine; Sydney

• Year
• 1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 289295

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

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6J8G 6G8G 6V6G 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Little General [1941] - Radio and Hobbies, Radio

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 253 x 192 x 175 mm / 10 x 7.6 x 6.9 inch

• Notes

• This is a modified version of the 1940 original, using a loop aerial and valve types more easily obtainable under war conditions.  The cabinet was slightly larger to accomodate the loop.

  Sold as a kit of parts.

• Mentioned in
• "Radio & Hobbies" magazine, June, 1941 P21.

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 35 models, 19 with images and 29 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Radio and Hobbies, Radio Television & Hobbies, Electronics Australia magazine; Sydney