• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. (AWA); Sydney

• Year
• 1950–1953

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 127121

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1T4 1R5 1T4 1S5 3V4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 90/1.5 Volt

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

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radiola 453PZ - Amalgamated Wireless

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• The service data shows model 453P. The only pictures to date show 453PZ. Suffix's Z,Y,X etc indicate changes during production. See also Hotpoint version, model J75DAZ.

  Battery types used: (A) 1½ V Eveready 745 or Diamond 3745 & (B) 2 x 45V Eveready Mini-Max 482 or Diamond 3482.

• Price in first year of sale
• 45.15 AUS £

• Circuit diagram reference
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. IX

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 9, 1951, Page 189 (for Hotpoint model J75DAZ).)

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hughes. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1430 models, 873 with images and 463 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. (AWA); Sydney