• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Thom & Smith Pty. Ltd.(Tasma);Mascot, NSW

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 165874

• • Brand: Tasma

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1C4 1C6 1C4 1K6 1D4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 458 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Harvester 485 - Thom & Smith Pty. Ltd.Tasma;

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes

• Uses non-synchronous vibrator with metal rectifier.

  See also Genalex BC485.

• Price in first year of sale
• 34.65 AUS £

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Tasma Service Data, Drawing No. 256.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 1, 1938, Page 285.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 270 models, 143 with images and 169 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Thom & Smith Pty. Ltd.(Tasma);Mascot, NSW