• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1949/1950

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 280301

• • alternative name: Radio Corp.of Australia

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6BE6 6BA6 6AV6 6V6GT 6X5GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 8 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
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 1.75 W (4.5 W max.)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: CS [With 6V6GT valve] - Astor brand, Radio Corporation

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• Speaker is fitted external to the radio. Later production radios` incorporated a 6AQ5 replacing the 6V6

• Price in first year of sale
• 43.45 AUS £

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Astor/E.I.L. Technical Bulletin, CR1, 20/12/1949.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Radio Service Handbook (Page A11.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 9, 1951, Page 35.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 851 models, 467 with images and 364 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