• Year
  • 1941 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 342611
    • alternative name: General Electric Company of Australia Ltd.

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 200-260 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Hotpoint-Bandmaster D55DU - Australian General Electric GE
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Notes
  • 2-Band AC/DC Receiver.

    Uses a Barretter to regulate heater voltage.

    Sold for £28/3/- in Perth Western Australia in late December 1941.

    See also AWA Model 99.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 28.15 AUS £
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (The Daily News (Perth), 20/8/1941, Page 5.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Martin Kent. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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