• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Tilbury & Lewis Pty. Ltd., (Lewbury, Van Ruyten); Richmond, Melbourne

• Year
• 1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 329415

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 78 or 6D6 6B7 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 3 taps: 200, 230, 250 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Van Ruyten Midget 5 B14 [Wooden Fret] - Tilbury & Lewis Pty. Ltd.,

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

• Notes

• 5 valve, AC powered superhet.

  Conventional circuit for 1933 except the power transformer feeds the tube filaments only. The high-tension is rectified direct from mains power. Therefore the chassis could have 240V if the active and neutral power connections are reversed.

  Chassis is also used in the Van Ruyten 104.

• Mentioned in
• -- Collector info (Sammler)

• Author
• Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 33 models, 19 with images and 2 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Tilbury & Lewis Pty. Ltd., (Lewbury, Van Ruyten); Richmond, Melbourne