• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Bell Radio-Television Corporation Ltd.; Auckland

• Year
• 1957

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 357468

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH81 EF89 EBC81 EL84 EZ80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50Hz, 230 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Colt Explorer World Wave 5W7 [Plastic] - Bell Radio-Television

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes

• Bell Colt 5W7 Explorer

  5-valve dual wave superhet.

  See also wooden cabinet version  Colt Explorer World Wave Dual wave timber veneer.

• Mentioned in
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 101-102)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 42 models, 40 with images and 33 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Bell Radio-Television Corporation Ltd.; Auckland