• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 175306

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

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1C7G 1D5G 1K7G 1L5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz; 2 AF stage(s); Reflex

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Hotpoint-Bandmaster 449MV - 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. The 1K7G is reflexed as the 2nd I.F. amplifier and the 1st A.F. amplifier. This model uses the same chassis as the AWA Radiola model 174V.

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

• 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, 141 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