- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Colonial Radio Co.; Long Island and Buffalo, NY
- Year
- 1930 ??
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 35626
Original Faux finish front.
After cleaning, chassis looks good
- Number of Tubes
- 6
- Main principle
- TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown); 2 AF stage(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 36AC - Colonial Radio Co.; Long
- Shape
- Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 15 x 16.9 x 7.5 inch / 381 x 429 x 191 mm
- Notes
-
This 1930 Colonial model 36AC is a 6 tube T.R.F. receiver. The 224 tubes may be substituted for 24A tubes which are more common these days. This unit is near identical to the Silvertone model 36.
Colonial was a also supplier to others for private branding, including the same model as the Sears, Roebuck Silvertone 36AC.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 26 lb 14 oz (26.875 lb) / 12.201 kg
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 1 = 1931/1934 (for 1919-1931)
- Mentioned in
- Radio Craft (Page 102 August 1931 Radio Craft Magazine)
- 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