• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1931

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 164776

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 224A 224A 224A 245 280

• Main principle
• TRF without regeneration; 1 AF stage(s); Screengrid 1926-1935

• Tuned circuits
• 3 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Record Player (not changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-260 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Duoforte 45E C79 - Amalgamated Wireless

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 24 x 43 x 17 inch / 610 x 1092 x 432 mm

• Notes

• 5 Valve, AC powered, Screen Grid, TRF Receiver with Linear Power Detection and one stage of audio amplification.

  Chassis:
  The chassis has provision for an aerial Local/Distance Switch, phonograph audio inputs and a Radio/Phono change over switch.  Also provision has been made to use either an Electromagnetic or permanent magnet speaker with a field compensating resistor included. There is a power socket mounted on the rear of chassis for powering a phonograph. The chassis is also used in the Radiola 45E

  The chassis has two large boxes on the rear. One houses the power transformer and the other the power smoothing components.

  Phonograph:
  Induction, motor driven turntable with speed control and a Tone arm with volume control.

  Cabinet:
  Console style, Queensland Walnut cabinet with front doors. The volume, tuning and tone controls, plus aerial Local/Distance switch and Phono Input Switch on the front panel.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (AWA Radiola service Instruction 1931)

	AWA Duoforte 45E Service Data	239 KB
	AWA Duoforte 45E C79 Pamphlet	961 KB

• Documents regarding this model

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. 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