BPJ

• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1958–1962

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 127122

• • alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BE6 6BH5 6BD7 6M5 6V4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-240 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BPJ - Astor brand, Radio Corporation

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 342 x 205 x 160 mm / 13.5 x 8.1 x 6.3 inch

• Notes

• Astor BPJ

  Astor Quality Five mantel - a beauty in design and performance. Five valves, inbuilt aerial, four separate controls...on/off...volume...tone...Ten glamorous colours: blossom pink, coral, cherry red, grey, lime, tan, lawn green, cream, green and charcoal.

  Also available as transistor cordless mantel Model HQX. (FROM MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)

  5" x 7" elliptical speaker Rola Type 5-7H

  Note the circuit incorporates a loudness compensating tone control incorporating feedback from the speaker secondary to a tap on the volume control.

  Mentioned in HRSA Radio Waves, July 1999, pages 14 and 15.

• Price in first year of sale
• 25.20 AUS £

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Nov 1958 to Feb 1962.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Astor Technical Bulletins BPJ-1, 17/6/1958; BPJ-2, 14/8/1958 & BPJ-3, 13/11/1959.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Radio Service Handbook (R.V. Series Vol. 1, 1963, Page A19.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• J.R. Publications Radio Handbook R.V. Series Vol. 1, 1963, Page A19.

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hughes. 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