- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne
- Year
- 1935
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 164529
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- alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 7 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries / 135 & 2 & -22.5 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 50 Ch= AA - Astor brand, Radio Corporation
- Shape
- Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 470 x 955 x 280 mm / 18.5 x 37.6 x 11 inch
- Notes
-
Unusual use of a 2A7; heater supplied from a 2 volt accumulator.
Price below without batteries. Batteries £4 extra.
- Price in first year of sale
- 32.50 Aus£
- Mentioned in
- Wireless Weekly (Australia) (24th of May, 1935 P84.)
- Author
- Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 851 models, 466 with images and 359 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