- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne
- Year
- 1935/1936
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 164596
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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 472.5 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 240 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 66S DD - Astor brand, Radio Corporation
- Shape
- Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
- Notes
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The 75 tube was replaced with a 6Q7, detector and audio, in later versions. A special version made for the Myers retail chain of stores using a 6J7 anode bend detector in place of the 75 or 6Q7. The plate circuit of the 5Z4 rectifier incorporated two fuses.
- Price in first year of sale
- 24.00 Aus£
- Mentioned in
- HRSA Astor Book Vol.2, Page 88
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Radio Trade Annual of Australia (1939, Page 206)
- Author
- Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 851 models, 466 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