Radios made in and for foreign lands. Not radios
made in foreign lands for the American market, but for
domestic markets in foreign countries.
Australia:
Quite similar to an AA5, except for the use of a power transformer. 6BE6, 6BA6, 6AV6, 6AQ5, 6X4. Internal loopstick antenna.
This set is quite happy with American 240V 60Hz, fed by an old American 3 pin outlet using the
Aussie power plug pattern. These predate our modern American 3 pin grounded outlets.
A transistor radio:
Closeup of the above dial with Australian radio station callsigns:
Also from Australia:
This set uses a 6A8G, 6U7G, 6B6G, 6V6GT and 5Y3GT
And a closeup of its dial, also with Australian radio station callsigns: . If the Earth were transparent, this is what these radios' homeland would look like from my place in NJ USA.
the Tasma "baby" model 1001:
The little map of Australia on the dial is a nice touch. It uses a 6A8 converter, an EBF2GT IF amp and detector,
an EL33 audio power output, and a 5Y3 rectifier. See the schematic
here.
A Philco radio from New Zealand:
Like Australian radios, this one has radio station callsigns on the dial (#xx format).
Runs on 240VAC, has a power transformer, uses 4 tubes: ECH42, EAF42, EL41 and EZ40.
A Philco Tropic radio from Lima Peru:
Mainland China:
Tube lineup: 6?2?
pentagrid converter (similar to a 6BE6), 6?4?
IF amp remote cutoff pentode,
6?2? twin triode used as
a detector and first audio,
6?1?
audio output,
EM80 eye tube(6?1?), and 6?4?
double anode kenotron (rectifier).
Diagram: Tube numbers mostly match, the
EM80 appears to be a replacement of a 6?1?. Someone had shorted two of the three
caps across the oscillator coils to disable SW reception. So the
owner wouldn't hear the lies from America?
Europe:
Ireland:
Japan:
Peru:
France:
A closeup of the dial, calibrated with city names as per the "plan de Copenhague"