• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Australian General Electric (GE Company Australia Ltd., Associated, AGE, Bandmaster, Hotpoint), Sydney

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 172547

• • alternative name: General Electric Company of Australia Ltd.

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 1D5G 1C7G 1D5G 1F7G 1E5G 1J6G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 460 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 6 & 4 & -1.5 & -3 & -4.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Hotpoint-Bandmaster 368DV - Australian General Electric GE

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes
• This set uses a 4 volt synchronous vibrator power unit. The filaments are connected in parallel across one cell of the 6 volt battery and the vibrator power unit is supplied from the other two cells. This model uses the same chassis and vibrator unit as the AWA Radiola model 265V.

• Circuit diagram reference
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. I I

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Mingay's Radio Diagram & I.F. Index

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 364 models, 137 with images and 86 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Australian General Electric (GE Company Australia Ltd., Associated, AGE, Bandmaster, Hotpoint), Sydney