• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1932

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 165193

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• 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 %).

• 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.
  Chassis also used in Duoforte 55E C89.

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

• Price in first year of sale
• 38.00 Aus£

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature (AWA Radiola Service Instruction 1932)

AWA Fisk Series Radiola 55E Pamphlet

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• 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