• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ariel (brand), Abel / Warwick Smeeton Ltd., Imperial Radio Mfg. Co.; Auckland

• Year
• 1935 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 344456

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 58 or 6D6 2A7 or 6A7 58 or 6D6 2B7 or 6B7 2A5 or 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 250 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 6 Dual-Wave [Mantel AC] - Ariel brand, Abel / Warwick

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Notes

• 6-Valve Superhet with RF stage dual wave AC tombstone receiver. Also available in DC.

• Price in first year of sale
• 22.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Auckland Star 25 November 1935 Page 14)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 14 models, 13 with images and 4 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ariel (brand), Abel / Warwick Smeeton Ltd., Imperial Radio Mfg. Co.; Auckland