- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne
- Year
- 1939–1942
- Category
- Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 286448
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- alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia
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- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- -Loudspeaker incorporated, but system not known.
- Material
- Metal case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 6405 AJ - Astor brand, Radio Corporation
- Shape
- Chassis only or for «building in»
- Notes
-
Two unit, 6 Volt car radio using the PM237 non-synchronous vibrator.
The 6B8 valve was changed to a 6Q7 with circuit modifications during the 1939 production due to valve unitability.
- Mentioned in
- - - Manufacturers Literature (Astor & E.I.L. (Issue 2) Bulletins A-1, 11/8/1947, for car radio receivers manufactured from 1930.)
- Author
- Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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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