• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 340285

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 6B7 42 80

• 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) / 50Hz, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 39 [Table] - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes

• 5-Valve superhet dual wave table model receiver.

  Believed to be the first model of the Columbus Brand.

  See also Columbus Model 39 console.

  Manufactured by Radio Corporation Of NZ Ltd for Columbus Radio Centre Ltd.

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

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 169 models, 131 with images and 157 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington