Duo-Symphonic Battery Operated

Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne

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  • Year
  • 1929
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 294691
    • alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown); Neutrodyne
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Details
  • Record Player (not changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Batteries / addl. power jack / 60 45 6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • -Loudspeaker incorporated, but system not known.
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Duo-Symphonic [Battery Operated] - Astor brand, Radio Corporation
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Notes

  • Advertised in newspapers from 1929 for AUS £110/-.

    Also available as an all electric version,

    The Astor Radios Brochure, 1929 by Louis Coen states that it uses the same chassis as the Master Neutrodyne DC

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 110.00 AUS £
  • Mentioned in
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (Astor Radios Brochure, 1929 by Lewis Coen.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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