• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1958–1961

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 306950

• • alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1T4 1R5 1T4 1S5 3V4

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 200-260 9/90 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Deluxe Portable JKP - Astor brand, Radio Corporation

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• 5 valve superheterodyne broadcast universal portable receiver with battery reactivation.

  Speaker, Rola type 5 F.

  Batteries used, Eveready types 739 (9V) & 2 x 482 (45V)

  Colours availble in Coral, Cream, Dark Green, Charcoal, Lime, Chinese Red, Tan, White, Pale Green & Cherry Red.

  Live chassis when run from mains. It should be noted that when run from mains power the chassis is possibly at mains potential depending on how the power plug is inserted.

• Price in first year of sale
• 39.90 AUS £

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Astor Technical Bulletin JKP-1, 12/11/1958.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Radio Service Handbook (R.V. Series Vol. 1, 1963, Page A56.)

• 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