• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• His Master's Voice (HMV, H.M.V.), EMI (Australia) Ltd.; Sydney, NSW

• Year
• 1948/1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 329062

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• X148 W148 DH63 KT61 U70

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 205; 225; 245 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 1608 [Australian version] - His Master's Voice HMV, H.M.V.

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 21 x 40 x 18 inch / 533 x 1016 x 457 mm

• Notes

• This model is an export version for Australia & has an Australian States dial. Broadcast & Short-Wave only.

  See UK version Model 1608.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 119 lb 0 oz (119 lb) / 54.026 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 136.50 AUS £

• Mentioned in
• Radio Electrical WEEKLY (Radio Receiver Price List Supplement, 25/3/1949.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Service Manual.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 8, 1950 (for 1949 models), Page 227.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 586 models, 406 with images and 283 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from His Master's Voice (HMV, H.M.V.), EMI (Australia) Ltd.; Sydney, NSW