• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 88522

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 6B7 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz; Reflex

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-260 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radiolette 38A - Amalgamated Wireless

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

• Notes

• AWA produced a series of Bakelite, Fret and Foot radios in 1936 and 1937.

  Radiolette models R33, R33A, R35, R35A, R38A, R38B, R38C, R39A, R39B, R39C, R40A, R40B and R40C.

  The Model 38A was produced in Walnut Redelec with contrasting grained Ivory fret and feet.
  This model used a straight line dial; earlier models used the clock face dial.

  Fret and Foot was not the official AWA name for the classic Fisk Tombstone Radiolette but they are unique with a cabinet of a square block of Bakelite along Art Deco lines with curved edges which are complemented by a contrasting colour, Asian influenced speaker grill fret and Lion’s paws as feet.

  The unique design is a tribute to the Bakelite designer’s art of the era which made them very appealing to worldwide collectors

  They are now known colloquially as the AWA Radiolette, Fret and Foot series of radios.

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.95 AUS£

• Source of data
• - - Data from my own collection

• Mentioned in
• HRSA AWA Radiolettes 1932-1949

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Trade Annual of Australia (1939 Page 294-295)

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hughes. 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