Hotpoint-Bandmaster R55SV Directly heated valves
Australian General Electric (GE Company Australia Ltd., Associated, AGE, Bandmaster, Hotpoint), Sydney
- 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
- 187940
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- alternative name: General Electric Company of Australia Ltd.
- 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.
- Other Models
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Here you find 364 models, 137 with images and 86 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
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