• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Skyscraper (Brand) Bond & Bond Ltd.;Auckland

• Year
• 1935 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 348820

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 2A7 58 2A6 2A5 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 171 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• 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: Skyscraper 5BB - Skyscraper Brand Bond & Bond

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 370 x 240 x 190 mm / 14.6 x 9.4 x 7.5 inch

• Notes

• Now while this price lasts buy radio's greatest value in this wonderful "Skyscraper. Every feature that a good radio can give at a value above them all! See it... hear it...compare it ... and appreciate a new standard of radio value.

  Superhet for more power and greater distance... dynamic speaker for glorious full tone and vividly real reproduction... Variable Tone Control for the exact shade of tone you desire ... every vital point you expect in a good radio at a price far below your expectations.. see and hear it.

• Price in first year of sale
• 12.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Waikato Times 6 March 1935 Page 4)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Waihi Daily Telegraph 22 June 1936 Page 4)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 31 models, 29 with images and 24 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Skyscraper (Brand) Bond & Bond Ltd.;Auckland