• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1971–1980 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 340841

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

• Number of Transistors
• 8

• Semiconductors
• BF254 or. BF494 BF254 or. BF494 BF254 or. BF494 BF254 or. BF494 BC549 BC327 AC187 AC188 unknown_diode Diode_Zener 1N4002 1N4002 1N4002 1N4002

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Solid State Colt Mk III Solid State Colt Series II - Bell Radio-Television

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 280 x 170 x 150 mm / 11 x 6.7 x 5.9 inch

• Notes

• This was the last of the Bell Colts. 

  The zener diode used in an example seen is a BZX79C10V.  The same example used BF494 transistors in place of the BF254 transistors specified on the circuit diagram.

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 39 models, 38 with images and 32 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Bell Radio-Television Corporation Ltd.; Auckland