• Year
  • 1939
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 290779

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 460 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 7 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 135 & 2 & -1.5 & -4.5 or 6 & 4 & -1.5 & -4.5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Power out
  • 0.35 W (undistorted)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 1860 - Westinghouse brand, Sydney
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Notes
  • This radio could either be powered from batteries or from a plug-in  4 volt vibrator unit.  When vibrator powered, the filaments are connected across one cell of a 6 volt accumulator and the vibrator unit across the other two cells.  In either case, a grid bias battery is required.

  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Australian Official Radio Service Manual, volume 4, page 330.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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