Firstly, thank you to Brad for creating this website and supplying such useful information.

I'm having trouble fully identifying the following radio which I rescued from my Dad's hayshed. It belonged to my Grandfather and was given to my Dad in the 60s, when it was already considered 'old.' He's been meaning to restore it for ages and decided to pass it on to me given my obsession with antique and vintage things.

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What I think I know:

-AWA Fisk Radiola
-Ran on 12 volt battery
-Timber
-Open back
-Serial number on back: C0040649


What I'm guessing:
-If I've done my research correctly, it's a Mantel or table radio


What I don't know:

Model number and License code. I have no idea. If it's written on the radio itself, it is no longer visable. The only thing I can make out is a possible G or a C. Which from reading the previous Fisk Radiola post means the radio could have been made in 1936 or 1940. I don't know if anyone can idenify this radio just by a picture, but any help would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

There are many dead image links on this site (from moving domains?), so I haven't been able to match this radio to any articles available here.

G'day Ophelia,

I apologise for the missing images. They are on the site but I have to change the file path to them and I'll deal with this as soon as possible. Not only did I get the new domain but I host the site myself now so things are a little different on my web server - no excuse though, I should have been a bit more thorough.

Regarding the age of the set, I am not familiar with this model but I might take a guess and say 1936 (C) because AWA made many sets during this period that had these slim oblong dials. Though whilst this did continue on some models into the 1940's the dials were a bit taller later on. I could be wrong about the year though so further investigation is needed.

The photos aren't clear enough to see whether there is a model number on the back of the chassis itself. Most radios either had one stamped on, either with ink or metal stamps, like the ones used to stamp a chassis number on a car. AWA mostly used very short model numbers so check to see if there is one located to the left of the licence transfer label as this is where AWA usually put them.

I'll have a look around and see what I can dig up and post again in the next day or so. In time I'll change the URL's you provided to links so they can be clicked on to access the photos.

Thanks for letting me know about the image links too.

Ophelia
This won't be 1936; this style was from about 38/39/40, these knobs were not used before 1938 and all 35 36 37 chassis were blue not silver and used different valve cans on pre-octal valves.
So we will say it is 1940.
It is a vibrator set and these usually ran on either 4 volts or 6 volts, this should be printed in very large print on the top of the vibrator pack box, when there was a choice. Identifying the model will help here by finding the circuit.
The model number was originally on a small paper label on extreme RH top corner of rear flange of chassis just above the chassis serial number, often missing or partially missing with the passage of time. Is it a Broadcast, Dual Wave or Triple Wave ? and what is the valve line-up?

Looks like a Radiola 7-bander
Just without the band change switch.

This may have a band change?
Photos are not clear... tripod mount the camera in better light. Need to see valve line up.

If its 6J8, 1D5G, 1D5G, 1K7, 1G5G ? The only one in AOSM are 1937 Models 88 & 190

6V 1.4Amp 5Valve Two Band. Vibrator type

Hi
Definitely from the 1938-39 era, by way of the dial (1936-37 dials were of similar size but different in nature).
My guess is a Model 50V released in 1939 and a Dual Wave mantel 5 valve Vibrator set. (perhaps better described as a "table" set.
Or Model 50 released in 1938 as a battery set (and possibly a Vibrator version).
Yes, the first 7-bander models were from this era and had the Wave Change Switch side mounted below the tuning knob, but yours has the Dual Wave dial and Range Switch on the front RHS? concentric with maybe Tone control?