• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1957

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 234023

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• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors
• 2N219 2N218 2N218 OC602 OC602 OC604 OC604 GEX34

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

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 1x 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radiola Transistor Seven 897-P - Amalgamated Wireless

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

• Notes

• AWA’s first transistor radio was the Radiola Transistor 7 (897P) designed by Graham Moore. It was released in November 1957 selling for 44 Guineas. It was virtually identical in appearance to the AWA 581PZ tube portable and followed conventional tube receiver construction methods. See "History of AWV - Transistor History"  (Mark P D Burgess 2009)

  Leather case in Gunmetal & Tan.

  Battery type used: 9V Eveready 276P, Berec PP20, National 306S, Ray-O-Vac 76P or Vidor VT9.

• Price in first year of sale
• 46.20 AUS £

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

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Transistor Radio Service Handbook (A Series Handbook, Page A20.)

• Author
• Model page created by Mike Melzer. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1426 models, 868 with images and 461 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. (AWA); Sydney