• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Colonial Radio Co.; Long Island and Buffalo, NY

• Year
• 1925

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 35510

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 17-5 - Colonial Radio Co.; Long

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 18 x 8 x 12 inch / 457 x 203 x 305 mm

• Notes
• Two dials (primary tuning control knobs)

• Price in first year of sale
• 58.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 1 = 1931/1934 (1919 to 1931)

• Other Models

• Here you find 165 models, 74 with images and 131 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Colonial Radio Co.; Long Island and Buffalo, NY