- Country
- New Zealand-Aotearoa
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Ariel (brand), Abel / Warwick Smeeton Ltd., Imperial Radio Mfg. Co.; Auckland
- Year
- 1936 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 344528
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Valves / Tubes
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- AC/DC-set / 230 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Ariel Sprite 5V - Ariel brand, Abel / Warwick
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Notes
-
5-Valve superhet broadcast (MW) mantel AC/DC receiver. Also available as AC only set.
- Price in first year of sale
- 14.70 NZ £
- Mentioned in
- -- Original prospect or advert (Auckland Star 17 October 1936 Page 22)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- More Golden Age of Radio (Page 137)
- 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