- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. (AWA); Sydney
- Year
- 1962/1963
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 263011
This is my radio, as purchased.
- Number of Transistors
- 8
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 5 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / 1 x 9 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm
- Power out
- 0.4 W (undistorted)
- Material
- Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Radiola B17Z - Amalgamated Wireless
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 9.75 x 5.5 x 3.5 inch / 248 x 140 x 89 mm
- Notes
-
In accordance with AWA practice, the Z terminator on the model number indicates a revision of the original model. Here the RF transistors have changed. All other specifications appear not to have changed but this needs confirmation by comparing radios and/or schematics.
The AWA B17 disappears from advertising after August 1963 whilst the B17Z never appears. It is therefore presumed that the upgrade to the Z version was ignored in the Advertising Department. The end of the B17 and the introduction of the B17Z is stated above as 1962 but in reality is unknown.
The battery initially was an Eveready type 2364.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 4 lb (4 lb 0 oz) / 1.816 kg
- Price in first year of sale
- 33.00 Guineas
- Author
- Model page created by Brian Wilson. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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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
Collections
The model Radiola is part of the collections of the following members.