• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ultimate (Brand), Radio Ltd. & Radio (1936) Ltd.; Auckland

• Year
• 1933

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 339143

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 2A7 58 57 2A5 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50Hz, 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: Ultimate 516 Ch= 5LN - Ultimate Brand, Radio Ltd. &

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Notes

• 5-Valve superhet broadcast (MW) tombstone receiver.

• Price in first year of sale
• 16.00 NZ Guineas

• Mentioned in
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 130)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Poverty Bay Herald 15 August 1933 Page 8)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 153 models, 128 with images and 133 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ultimate (Brand), Radio Ltd. & Radio (1936) Ltd.; Auckland