• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ultimate (Brand), Radio Ltd. & Radio (1936) Ltd.; Auckland

• Year
• 1953

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 372299

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BE6 EF41 6AV6 EL41 6X4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz; 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) - elliptical

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Ultimate De Luxe Mantel RCD - Ultimate Brand, Radio Ltd. &

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• Ultimate RCD De Luxe Mantel

  5-valve DE LUXE MANTEL. A powerful broadcast receiver in a continental-style cabinet. A selective circuit with provision for remote speaker and record player input. £32/15/-. 

  Rola 6-9H elliptical PM speaker.

  See also Ultimate Saturn RCD version in a different cabinet.

• Price in first year of sale
• 32.75 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Matamata Country Mail 7 October 1953 Page 7)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 132)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 171 models, 149 with images and 153 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ultimate (Brand), Radio Ltd. & Radio (1936) Ltd.; Auckland