- Country
- New Zealand-Aotearoa
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington
- Year
- 1937
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 340215
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 240 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 25 - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Notes
-
5-Valve superhet dual wave table model receiver.
Featured a symmetrical layout with the edge-lit dial on the left and an edge-lit glass plate showing radio stations on the right. Some examples have Australian stations listed suggesting this model may have been exported to Australia.
Also available with magic eye tuning Model 25E.
See also Courtenay 25, Stella 25, CQ 25, & Pacific 25.
- Price in first year of sale
- 19.75 NZ £
- Mentioned in
- The Golden Age of Radio in the Home 1986 (Page 66 (Pacific model))
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- -- 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