• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Standard Telephones and Cables Pty, Ltd (STC), Sydney

• Year
• 1946/1947

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 181162

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6J8G 6U7G 6B6G 6V6G 6X5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 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) / 200; 240 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Forbes 250F Ch= 250 - Standard Telephones and Cables

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 335 x 230 x 190 mm / 13.2 x 9.1 x 7.5 inch

• Notes
• The price below is for the Walnut bakelite cabinet. It was also available in a cream or eau-de-nil urea cabinet for £29.

• Price in first year of sale
• 28.00 Aus£

• Circuit diagram reference
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. V

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's "Radio Diagram & I.F. Index

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (STC Radio Service Bulletin Issue No. 2, Sept 1946.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 5, 1947, Page 315.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 614 models, 263 with images and 302 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Standard Telephones and Cables Pty, Ltd (STC), Sydney