• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Radion, (Brand), Todd Motors Ltd (Distributor); Wellington

• Year
• 1936 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 212449

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6A7 6D6 6F6 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 175 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Rugby 5LS [Series 2] - Radion, Brand, Todd Motors Ltd

• Shape
• Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 340 x 400 x 210 mm / 13.4 x 15.7 x 8.3 inch

• Notes
• Radion Rugby 5LS receives medium wave and short waves from 18 to 50 metres.
  Distributors for New Zealand (N.Z.): Todd Motors Ltd., Wellington.

• Price in first year of sale
• 16.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Evening Post 30 April 1936 Page 28)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• The Golden Age of Radio in the Home 1986 (Page 47)

• Author
• Model page created by Aglef Tröger. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 11 models, 11 with images and 7 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Radion, (Brand), Todd Motors Ltd (Distributor); Wellington