• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• National (Brand), Burns, John and Co., Ltd.; Auckland

• Year
• 1940 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 354375

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8 6U7G 6Q7 6V6 6U5 6X5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50Hz, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: National 126 - National Brand, Burns, John

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 500 x 310 x 250 mm / 19.7 x 12.2 x 9.8 inch

• Notes

• National Model 126

  6-valve (including magic eye) 3 band superhet mantel model receiver.

  Frequencies:

  • BC: 550 - 1500 kHz
  • SW1: 6 - 10 MHz
  • SW2: 11 - 16 MHz

  Manufactured by Westonhouse Radio Ltd (Westco Products Ltd) for John Burns & Co. Ltd.

  National brand radios were manufactured by various manufacturers including Westonhouse Radio Ltd (Westco Products Ltd), Radio (1936) Ltd, and Sheffield Radio Ltd.

  See also Empire 126 & Yale 126 (Westonhouse Radio Ltd Westco Products Ltd).

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 17 models, 16 with images and 14 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from National (Brand), Burns, John and Co., Ltd.; Auckland