• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 162087

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6A7 6B7 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz; 2 AF stage(s); Reflex

• Tuned circuits
• 5 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) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radiolette 31 - Amalgamated Wireless

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 287 x 285 x 170 mm / 11.3 x 11.2 x 6.7 inch

• Notes

• AWA produced a series of Bakelite Empire State radios between 1934 and 1938.

  Radiolette models R28, R29, R30, R31, R31A, R32, R37, R37A, R37B, R37C & Radiola  R48 &  R48G.

  Empire State was not the official AWA name for the classic Art Deco Bakelite Radiolette but due to their popularity among worldwide collectors they are now known colloquially as the AWA Radiolette, Empire State Series of radios.

  Chassis:
  5 valve, reflexed superhet with an IF of 175 kHz.
  The tuning capacitor frame is insulated from the chassis.
  A "local-distance" switch at the rear of the chassis is provided for reducing overload in strong signal areas.
  The chassis was the same as the earlier Models, 28 to 30. However, the change from a box around the RF/IF valves to separate valve shields occurred during this models production.
  CAUTION! Asbestos is used as a heat shield to line one side of the can holding the two B+ capacitors.

  Cabinet:
  This Model R31 was only available in Black with Silver silk speaker cloth.

  This Radiolette’s Art Deco Bakelite cabinet design was modelled on the wooden version AWA  Radiolette, Model 27 except with a square dial. Earlier Air King in the US designed models along these lines in 1933 with the Skyscraper 52.

• Price in first year of sale
• 15.75 AUS £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (The Daily Telegraph (NSW) Jul 17, 1936, Page 4)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Radiola Service Manual 1936, Page 9.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Trade Annual of Australia (6th Edition 1938, Page 311.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• AWA Radiolette Book 1932-1949 (Edition 4, Jan 2018, Page 68, 69 & 78.)

• 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