• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• CBS-Columbia Inc.; New York, NY

• Year
• 1952/1953

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 88016

• • alternative name: CBS Electronics || Columbia Phonographs || Columbia Records

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7GT 12SK7GT 12SQ7GT 50L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 517A - CBS-Columbia Inc.; New York,

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9 x 5.5 x 6 inch / 229 x 140 x 152 mm

• Notes
• The CBS-Columbia models 515A, 516A and 517A share the same schematic (Photofact Date 12-53, set 223, folder 4 and Beitman diagram). They are AC-DC operated AM superheterodyne receivers with built in loop antenna.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4 lb 6 oz (4.375 lb) / 1.986 kg

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 13, 1953

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 12-53, set 223, folder 4)

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 423 models, 246 with images and 381 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from CBS-Columbia Inc.; New York, NY