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Old 03-10-2018, 03:10 PM
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Unusual Dial

Came accross a picture of a small transistor radio with a very unusual dial...



Can anybody identify the country of use?/stations?/frequencies?.... are "2" and "4" bands?

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Old 03-10-2018, 04:01 PM
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Hmm...no idea...but Radiola was used by RCA in the early days of tube radio!
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Old 03-10-2018, 05:18 PM
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AWA is an Australian brand.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ansistor-radio

You can see more unusual dials from that brand here: https://www.google.com/search?q=AWA+...ccJiPy3kd00JM:

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Old 03-11-2018, 01:31 PM
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Interesting...thanks!

So the 2 and 4 designations are not bands, but are originating states, with 2 indicating New South Wales and 4 indicating Queensland. Example: 2BL is Sydney on 702 kHz and 4BC is Brisbane on 1116 kHz. Radio is standard AM band only.

Looks as if AWA (not to be confused with Aiwa) made some very nice radios.


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Old 03-12-2018, 03:33 PM
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Packard Bell used to put radio station callsigns on their radio dials.

More Aussie dials:



And New Zealand
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