• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Skyscraper (Brand) Bond & Bond Ltd.;Auckland

• Year
• 1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 339312

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

• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7G 6K8 6K7G 6Q7G 6U5 6F6G 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 460 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• 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: Skyscraper FA - Skyscraper Brand Bond & Bond

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes

• 7-Valve (including magic eye) superhet with RF stage 5 band receiver.

  Same cabinet as the Model EA of 1940 but with the return of the magic eye tuning indicator instead of the "Teleflick" tuning indicator.

  Manufactured by Radio (1936) Ltd for Bond & Bond Ltd.

  See also Ultimate Model FA, Golden Knight Model FA & Courier Model FA.

• Price in first year of sale
• 32.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (New Zealand Herald 14 December 1940 Page 17)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 31 models, 29 with images and 24 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Skyscraper (Brand) Bond & Bond Ltd.;Auckland