• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 231975

• • alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia

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

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1T4 1S5 3S4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 67.5 & 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3.5 inch = 8.9 cm

• Power out
• 0.1 W (0.18 W max.)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

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

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 222 x 155 x 70 mm / 8.7 x 6.1 x 2.8 inch

• Notes

• Batteries used: Eveready types D50 (D cells) & 467.

  Colours available: Brown, Maroon, Pale Blue, Red, Cream, Powder Blue, Fawn, Green & Grey.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.8 kg / 6 lb 2.7 oz (6.167 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 24.15 AUS £

• Mentioned in
• Australian Silicon Chip Magazine, August 2000: The Astor RQ - the Lady's handbag radio

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Astor Technical Bulletin Model RQ-1, 15/11/1955)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Radio Service Handbook (R.V. Series Vol. 1, 1963, Page A70.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• J.R. Publications Radio Service Handbook R.V. Series Vol. 1, 1963, Page A70.

• Author
• Model page created by Bruce Wilkie. 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