• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Australian General Electric (GE Company Australia Ltd., Associated, AGE, Bandmaster, Hotpoint), Sydney

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167509

• • alternative name: General Electric Company of Australia Ltd.

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8G 6U7G 6G8G 6F6G 6U5 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz; 2 AF stage(s); Reflex

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-260 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Hotpoint-Bandmaster A459ME - Australian General Electric GE

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Notes
• Uses automatic tuning with 6 push buttons. The 6G8G is reflexed as 2nd I.F. amplifier and 1st A.F. amplifier.

• Price in first year of sale
• 28.00 Aus£

• Circuit diagram reference
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. III

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 364 models, 137 with images and 86 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Australian General Electric (GE Company Australia Ltd., Associated, AGE, Bandmaster, Hotpoint), Sydney