• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Rolls (brand), Stevens and Sons Limited; Christchurch

• Year
• 1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 367487

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH21 EF22 EAF41 EBL21 6X4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50 Hz, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Rolls Cygnet RCP [Early Version] - Rolls brand, Stevens and Sons

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 305 x 178 x 152 mm / 12 x 7 x 6 inch

• Notes

• Rolls Radio RCP Cygnet

  5-valve broadcast superhet. This is an early version of the Cygnet model using an EAF41 diode pentode valve - see valve label picture. Other early models are said to use the EAF42 valve. The EAF41 can be replaced by the EAF42; for this purpose, a bridge from g3 to k must be soldered.

  Early: ECH21, EF22, EAF41, EBL21, 6X4 or ECH21, EF22, EAF42, EBL21, 6X4
  Common: ECH42, EF41, EBC41, EL41, 6X4
  Last: ECH81, EF89, EBC81, EL84, 6X4

  Manufactured by Radio (1936) Ltd for Stevens & Sons Ltd.

  See also Ultimate RCP.

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 24 models, 21 with images and 23 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Rolls (brand), Stevens and Sons Limited; Christchurch