• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 338294

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

• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6A7 6D6 6B7 6U5 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 18 - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• First year of the Columbus brand. Manufactured for Columbus Radio Centre Ltd by Radio Corporation Of New Zealand Ltd.

  7-valve (including magic eye) superhet with RF stage dual wave receiver.

  Not all sets included a magic eye.

  See also Courtenay 18, Stella 18, Pacific 18, Audiola 9, Courtenay 18V & CQ 18.

  Battery vibrator model (wet battery only) available for £34.

• Price in first year of sale
• 27.00 £

• Mentioned in
• The Golden Age of Radio in the Home 1986 (Page 66)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 116)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Nelson Evening Mail 7 August 1937 Page 4)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 162 models, 123 with images and 151 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington