• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 35609

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 78 41 78 75 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 175 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 655 upright - Colonial Radio Co.; Long

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 16 x 8.25 inch / 305 x 406 x 210 mm

• Notes

• We have clear evidence of a model 655 "American-Foreign", which has landscape format, but this model here with the same number 655 shows other tubes and an upright cabinet, similar to the 5-tube model 652. We need more information to be sure about this model here.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 25 lb (25 lb 0 oz) / 11.350 kg

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 5 = ca. 1934 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Other Models

• Here you find 165 models, 75 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