- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne
- Year
- 1937/1938
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 165000
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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; 2 AF stage(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 77 BB - Astor brand, Radio Corporation
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Notes
-
Uses synchronous vibrator power supply.
IF frequency was changed from 472.5kHz to 456kHz from 3 March 1938.
- Price in first year of sale
- 23.00 Aus£
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Radio Trade Annual of Australia (1939 Page 210)
- 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