• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Operatic (brand), Bland Radio Pty. Ltd.: Adelaide SA

• Year
• 1947/1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 327888

• • Brand: Operatic

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / D: 3 x 1.5 / 67.5 Volt

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

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Operatic Playmate 36P - Operatic brand, Bland Radio

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9 x 5 x 4 inch / 229 x 127 x 102 mm

• Notes

• Powered by 3 x D cells and Type 467 B battery.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 6 lb 0 oz (6 lb) / 2.724 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 18.33 AUS £

• Mentioned in
• Radio Electrical WEEKLY (Vol. 26, No. 8 (583rd Issue), 22/12/1947.)

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Kent. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 119 models, 67 with images and 9 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Operatic (brand), Bland Radio Pty. Ltd.: Adelaide SA