• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1960

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 291792

• • alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6ES6 12AD6 6ET6 12FK6

• Number of Transistors
• 2

• Semiconductors
• AT874 AT1138

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 12 Volt

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Astor Ford Diamond Dot GJL - Astor brand, Radio Corporation

• Notes

• The Astor version of this model has fittings to suit Ford vehicles.

  See also Air Chief model GJL.

• Price in first year of sale
• 46.20 AUS £

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (E.I.L. Service Bulletin GJL-1, 21/1/1960.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Car Radio Service Handbook (Vol. 1, Page A19.)

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Kent. 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