• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 166694

• • alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1A7G 1N5G 1N5G 1H5G 1A5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 90 & 1.5 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 500-GF - Astor brand, Radio Corporation

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

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.00 Aus£

• Circuit diagram reference
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. I I

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 851 models, 465 with images and 357 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne