- Country
- New Zealand-Aotearoa
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Stella (Brand) Cory-Wright & Salmon Ltd.; Wellington
- Year
- 1935
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 345991
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 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) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Polaris 9 - Stella Brand Cory-Wright &
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 379 x 490 x 255 mm / 14.9 x 19.3 x 10 inch
- Notes
-
5 valve superhet dual wave tombstone receiver.
Stellaplane with beam tuning automatically illuminates a star point against each station name and make memorising kilocycle numbers obsolete.
Note: The attached schematics are for the 6 valve Model 8 version of this radio and is believed to be similar with the exception of the first stage.
- Price in first year of sale
- 24.50 NZ £
- Mentioned in
- More Golden Age of Radio (124)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- -- Original prospect or advert (Evening Post 3 May 1935 Page 13)
- Author
- Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 5 models, 4 with images and 4 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Stella (Brand) Cory-Wright & Salmon Ltd.; Wellington
Collections
The model Polaris is part of the collections of the following members.