- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- General Electric-Kirby Appliances Ltd.; Sydney
- Year
- 1961–1963
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 288350
- Number of Tubes
- 6
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Details
- Changer (Record changer)
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 240 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: RA1 - General Electric-Kirby
- Shape
- Console with any shape - in general
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 44.75 x 29 x 15.25 inch / 1137 x 737 x 387 mm
- Notes
-
General Electric (Aust.) Model RA1
A six valve single unit B/C radio stereogram, has following features:
Separate bass and treble controls; these provide continuosly variable frequency response on radio and records to plus or minus 10 db at 70 and 15,000 C/s (Hz).
Record changer: Garrard changer has single head for stereo and monaural records.
Speaker: twin cone 9" x 6" oval. Output: radio and stereo have 6 watts output with minimum distortion.
Controls: concealed, with large radio tuning scale for ease of operation. Record storage: up to 180 discs, with magnetic locks on doors.
Cabinet: hand finished seasoned timber in full Italian walnut, butt maple and rose mahogany.
Dimensions: 44¾" wide x 15¼" deep x 29" high on record storage side and 23½" high on player side. (MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)
- Price in first year of sale
- 152.50 AUS £
- Mentioned in
- Mingay's Price Service (Feb 1962 to Aug 1963.)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- -- Original-techn. papers. (General Electric service data sheets.)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- J.R. Publications Radio Service Handbook (R.V. Series Vol. 1, 1963, Page G2.)
- Author
- Model page created by Martin Kent. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 138 models, 112 with images and 10 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from General Electric-Kirby Appliances Ltd.; Sydney