• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 187935

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1T4 1T4 1S5 3V4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 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 / 90 & 1.5 & 4.5 or 4 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 7 inch = 17.8 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Hotpoint-Bandmaster Q55DB - Australian General Electric GE

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes
• This model could be powered from dry batteries or from a 4 volt storage battery using a plug-in synchronous vibrator power unit. When on dry batteries the 4.5 volt battery is only for the dial lights. It uses the same chassis as the AWA Radiola model 616T.

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

• 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