• Country
• Australia

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

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 176813

• • Brand: Tasma

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1N5G 1A7G 1N5G 1H5G 1C5G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 2 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Pamela 685V - Thom & Smith Pty. Ltd.Tasma;

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

• Notes
• This model uses a special synchronous 2 volt vibrator unit.

• Price in first year of sale
• 38.85 AUS £

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Service Data, Drawing No. 527.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 3, 1940, Page 281.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Mingay's "Radio Diagram & I.F. Index

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Radio & Electrical Retailer, Australia (Vol. 19, No. 16 (419th Issue), 16/4/1942, Page 12 (For Genalex BC685V).)

• 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