• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1959–1963

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 273105

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BL6 12AD6 12BL6 12FK6

• Number of Transistors
• 2

• Semiconductors
• 2N591 2N301

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 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) / 12 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Power out
• 3 W (undistorted)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Pressmatic 938A - Amalgamated Wireless

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• Push button tuning.  This car radio was supplied with a 7" by 5" speaker.

• Price in first year of sale
• 51.45 AUS £

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Manufacturers Supervised Service 938 Series, June 1959.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Car Radio Service Handbook (Vol. 1, Page A65.)

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1426 models, 869 with images and 462 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. (AWA); Sydney