• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Pye (N.Z.) Ltd.; Waihi

• Year
• 1958 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 341719

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH81 EF89 EBC81 EL84 EM81 EZ80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

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

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: PZ224 - Pye N.Z. Ltd.; Waihi

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes

• 6-Valve (including magic eye) 5 band bandspread table model receiver.

  One of the first radios to use a printed circuit board rather than a chassis.

  "Piano key" pushbutton switching.

  See also Model PZ222, PZ222RG, PZ223RG & PZ230.

• Mentioned in
• The Golden Age of Radio in the Home 1986 (Page 38 (Model PZ222))

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 73 models, 70 with images and 54 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Pye (N.Z.) Ltd.; Waihi