• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1932

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 349999

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 235 235 235 224A 247 280

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

• Tuned circuits
• 4 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• 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: Radiola 55E Ch=C89 - Amalgamated Wireless

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 21.5 x 0 x 13 inch / 546 x 0 x 330 mm

• Notes

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

  Chassis:
  The chassis has a phonograph input and selector switch on the rear.
  Later production chassis used a split RF choke and additional filter capacitors in the detector stage.
  Mains voltage selection was by moving a fuse under a cover on the rear of the chassis.

  Imported from Australia.
  Chassis also used in the Australian version 55E C89.

  Cabinet:
  Console style cabinet with tuning, tone and volume controls on the front panel.
  Cabinet by F. Dickin Ltd (Normally with legs).

• Price in first year of sale
• 35.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Auckland Star 19 March 1932 Page 7 (Supplement))

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• The Golden Age of Radio in the Home 1986 (Page 151)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 42 models, 39 with images and 27 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (NZ) Ltd. (AWA); Wellington