• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ultimate-Ekco (N.Z.) Co. Ltd.; Auckland

• Year
• 1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 339089

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH42 EF41 EBC41 EL41 6X4

• 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) / 230 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Ultimate Sorrento RDG - Ultimate-Ekco N.Z. Co. Ltd.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• 5-Valve superhet broadcast (MW) table model receiver.

  Original schematic dated July 1955 showing EF41 output valve-in error? Revised schematic dated December 1957 with EL41 output valve. Only advertising found dated July1958.

• Price in first year of sale
• 22.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 23 July 1958 Page 17)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 35 models, 34 with images and 23 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ultimate-Ekco (N.Z.) Co. Ltd.; Auckland