• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1949–1951

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 188921

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

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

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 2 x 45; 1.5 Volt

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

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radiola 453P - 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. It is possible that the 453P was not released and went straight to 453PZ, but we will not know until we view some more physical examples.

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

  See also Hotpoint J75DA.

• Price in first year of sale
• 32.50 AUS £

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (AWA Technical Information & Service Data.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 8, 1950, Page 71.)

• 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