• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1953

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 289905

• • alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6BE6 6BA6 6AV6 6V6GT 6X5GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(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)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Car Radio Ford FK - Astor brand, Radio Corporation

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• 6V car  Radio with remote control head, Designed for Ford brand vehicles.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• AORSM Vol 12 Page 84

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Car Radio Service Handbook (Page A17)

• Author
• Model page created by Gary Cowans. 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