• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Akrad Radio Corporation; Waihi

• Year
• 1954 ?

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 343698

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

• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• EF41 ECH42 EF41 EBC41 EBC41 EL42 EL42 EZ40

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• Vibrator

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6; 12 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Clipper 8 CR8U5 - Akrad Radio Corporation; Waihi

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• 8-Valve superhet with RF stage car radio comprising of a 4-valve tuning unit and 4-valve power unit - see separate schematics. 

• Price in first year of sale
• 34.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 18 December 1954 Page 11)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 60 models, 58 with images and 51 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Akrad Radio Corporation; Waihi