• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Pye Industries Ltd Australia; Marrickville

• Year
• 1963–1966

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 265491

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

• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors
• AF116N or. 2N374 AF117N or. 2N373 AF117N 2N373 AC126 OC74N or. 2N217S OC74N or. 2N217S OA91 or. 1N60A OA90 1N295 OA675

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / C: 4 x 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 2 Loudspeakers

• Power out
• 0.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Jetliner C2 Ch= R28-2A - Pye Industries Ltd Australia;

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.585 x 4.625 x 1.975 inch / 294 x 117 x 50 mm

• Notes

• Pye Model C2 "Jetliner"

  Transistor portable featuring new international instrument look with push-button controls and "Jetliner" styling. Stereo styled sound with twin speakers (1 x 2¾", 33Ω & 1 x 3" 15Ω). Power-lift battery life, power-lift transistors with germanium diffused alloy plus diodes. Automatic volume control. Pye printed sealed circuit. Visual tuner with battery life indicator. Accoustically tuned cabinet. easy-lift carrying strap. separate ear-plug, provision for external aerial and earth. Genuine hide carrying case. Cabinet in attractive two-tone white and grey.

  Price after the introduction of decimal currency in Australia (14/2/1966) was $79.80. Price includes batteries.

  See also article about this model by Ian Batty in Silicon Chip, September 2014, Page 92.

• Price in first year of sale
• 39.90 AUS £

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Feb 1964 to Aug 1966.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Mingay's Electrical (Retail) WEEKLY (Tecdata Series No. 3, 31/1/1964.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Transistor Radio Service Handbook (Group C2, 1965, Page P72. (Also at KevinChant com))

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• J.R. Publications Transistor Service Handbook Group C2, 1965, Page P72.

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 201 models, 163 with images and 19 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Pye Industries Ltd Australia; Marrickville