- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Colonial Radio Co.; Long Island and Buffalo, NY
- Year
- 1933/1934
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 245484
Scanned from the Colonial Folder for 1934.
Scanned from the Colonial Folder for 1934.
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 6
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 480 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC)
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 656 - Colonial Radio Co.; Long
- Shape
- Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 12.5 x 16.75 x 8.5 inch / 318 x 425 x 216 mm
- Mentioned in
- Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 74.)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- The Colonial Folder for 1934.
- Author
- Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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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
Forum contributions about this model: Colonial Radio Co.;: 656
Threads: 1 | Posts: 2
Having just completed an article on this radio titled "Colonial Radio and Its Last Tombstone", for The Spectrum Monitor magazine (July 2021), I would like to add some information and correct a few errors on the Rmorg page for the model. The first error is in the Mark Stein book image copy which states that this radio has 2 bands. In fact it has three bands, two of which are shortwave. The second error is the IF frequency. The IF is 175 kHz, not 480. The corrections can easily be corroborated by viewing the dial image on the 656 and the schematic, both of which I have uploaded.
Colonial's last ad under its own name in Radio Retailing magazine was in the July 1934 issue. That ad includes model 656. All the radios on that page were produced in 1934 for the 1935 model year. Colonial stopped producing home entertainment radios under its own name after the 1935 model year, concentrating on its manufacturing as OEM for part-owner Sears-Roebuck and a few other retailers.
Rich Post, 29.Jun.21