• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• His Master's Voice (N.Z.), Ltd., HMV; Wellington

• Year
• 1947 ?

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 335397

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SK7 6K8 6SK7 6SQ7 6V6 6X5GT

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• Vibrator

• 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) / 6 or 12 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radiomobile 516AR - His Master's Voice N.Z., Ltd.,

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• Radiomobile Model 516AR, broadcast band car radio, superhet with RF stage.

  Can be powered from 6 or 12 volts with a suitable non-synchronous vibrator and filament arrangement to suit supply voltage.

  Plessey 614A for 6 V or 1214 for 12 V.

  Two-unit construction with power supply in a separate box.

  According to the Late John Stokes in Golden Age of Radio in the Home, Page 145, this model was completely manufactured in New Zealand.

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature (HMV NZ Radiomobile 516AR service Data)

• Author
• Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 123 models, 118 with images and 68 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from His Master's Voice (N.Z.), Ltd., HMV; Wellington