• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Wurlitzer (Only Distributor), John V. Jacobson & Co.; Christchurch

• Year
• 1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 341844

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 78 75 43 12Z3

• 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
• Line / Storage batteries (perhaps also batteries) / 230/110/6 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Wurltzer Compact 430 - Wurlitzer Only Distributor,

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14 x 9.38 x 8.5 inch / 356 x 238 x 216 mm

• Notes

• 5-Valve superhet receiver. 

  Based on the USA Wurlitzer Lyric P5 with the chassis modified for 230 volts to suit New Zealand AC mains.

  Includes adaptor socket for Motor-car and Motor-boat use with "Autodaptor".

• Price in first year of sale
• 11.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 12 May 1934 Page 18)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 4 = ca. 1934 and before (VWXYZ Page 29 (4-2))

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 2 models, with images and with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Wurlitzer (Only Distributor), John V. Jacobson & Co.; Christchurch