• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1956/1957

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 233916

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 1T4 1R5 1T4 1S5 3V4 6X4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 4 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 195-215; 216-235; 236-255 / 90 & 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.2 W (undistorted)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Portable 679-P - Amalgamated Wireless

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

• Notes

• Portable Battery/AC radio with battery reactivation.

  Battery types used: (A) 7½V Eveready 719 or Diamond 3719 & (B) 90V Eveready Mini-Max 490P or Diamond 3490.

  See also Hotpoint model Q75MAR.

• Price in first year of sale
• 38.50 AUS £

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (AWA Technical Information & Service Data.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• J.R. Publications Radio Service Handbook (R.V. Series Vol. 1, 1963, Page A126.)

• Author
• Model page created by Mike Melzer. 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