Other radios based on the same chassis:
All-wave 5-valve table radio.
Stylish? Maybe in 1960... or maybe not. It seems to be an updated take on the older model H cabinet (a NZ model of English origin), but this style did not appear again. If you want something different, then the Ricardo is a great choice.
Electrically similar (the same?) as the Pye PZ112.
The Ricardo includes a Trawler Band (TB), covering approximately 1.8 - 5MHz. The author, whose father was a southern coastal trawler skipper, recalls 2.182MHz was the Marine emergency frequency and 4.419MHz was a common fishing boat 'chatter' channel. We had a Codan marine HF transceiver in the lounge of our Dunedin home (and before that an older AWA model I think), and my mother was a licenced operator. As we lived up on the hills with views out to sea we could often receive radio calls that the company, based down by the wharf, could not - and so we could act as a relay station.
Frequency Bands: 4
Chassis Notes(most schematics can be clicked to download a full size version)
This chassis was seen in multiple different radios:
Pye PZ108, PZ112
Astor JFU, PLK
Clipper 6M8
Columbus CM3
HMV (unknown model)
General Construction Notes for Akrad Radio Corporation Ltd:
Akrad sets often consist of 3 (or 4) numbers (eg: 518, 1059) or number-letter-number (5M4), and a common pattern exists for these sets: The first digit(or 2 digits in the case of 10-or-more valves) is the number of valves, the second is the number of bands and the third is the last digit of the year. Where the middle digit is a letter rather than a number it generally refers to the type of set - M for mantle, P for portable, G from radiogram etc
Often sets can be dated by the speaker, as many Akrad sets from the Pye era have the date of manufacture stamped on the back of the magnet housing.
| YEAR | MODEL NAME |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Pye PZ112 'Mardi Gras' |
| 1962 | Astor model PLK 'Troubadour' |
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