• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1952

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 358038

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

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BE6 7E7 EL41 6X4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50Hz, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Ultimate Ultimette RBP - Ultimate Brand, Radio Ltd. &

• Shape
• Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.

• Notes

• Ultimate RBP Ultimette

  4-valve broadcast (MW) radio built in a slim bakelite cabinet which had screw on feet for mantel use or wall mounted with the fitted string. Although given the "Ultimette" model name this model gained the nickname "The Hanging Horror" as it was known for falling and breaking. £15/15/-

• Price in first year of sale
• 15.75 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 3 October 1952 Page 12)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 152 models, 127 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