• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Akrad Radio Corporation; Waihi

• Year
• 1957

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 347481

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 or 12 Volt

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

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Clipper Eight CR8U7 - 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. 

  Believed to be similar to model CR8U5 1955 version.

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 62 models, 60 with images and 54 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Akrad Radio Corporation; Waihi