• Year
  • 1948
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 187940
    • alternative name: General Electric Company of Australia Ltd.

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 7 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Hotpoint-Bandmaster R55SV [Directly heated valves] - Australian General Electric GE
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
  • Notes
  • This radio has seven bands covering 540 kHz to 22.3 MHz with no gaps. It uses a synchronous vibrator power unit. The chassis is the same as that used in the AWA Radiola model 612T.

    See also later version Hotpoint R55SV, which uses indirectly heated valves.

  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. VII
  • Author
  • Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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