- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne
- Year
- 1933
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 164481
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- alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 175 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-260 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Kismet OU - Astor brand, Radio Corporation
- Shape
- Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
- Notes
-
Radio incorporates Shadowgraph Tuning in which a shadow is thrown onto the dial and contracts to a minium when tuned to the centre of a station.
- Price in first year of sale
- 24.50 AUS £
- Mentioned in
- Wireless Weekly (Australia) (Aug 18, 1933, Page 8.)
- Author
- Model page created by Stuart Irwin. 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