• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne

• Year
• 1960

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 270157

• • alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia

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

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6ES6 12AD6 6ET6 12J8

• Number of Transistors
• 1

• Semiconductors
• AT1138

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 12 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Diamond Dot JSW - Astor brand, Radio Corporation

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• This hybrid car radio could be operated in vehicles with either positive or negative chassis by the use of the appropriate polarity change over plug.  Manual tuning only.

• Price in first year of sale
• 40.95 AUS £

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (EIL Service Bulletin JSW-1, 3/6/1960.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Car Radio Service Handbook (Page A30.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 851 models, 466 with images and 359 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Astor (brand), Radio Corporation Pty., Ltd.; Melbourne