• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 338426

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6U7G or 6K7 6K8G 6U7G or 6K7 6B8G 6V6GT 5Y3

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

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

• Details
• Record Player (not changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 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: Balfour 166 - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 28.5 x 36 x 18 inch / 724 x 914 x 457 mm

• Notes

• 6-Valve superhet with RF stage dual wave console radiogram.

  See also table Model 166 Sherwood, table Model 166R Sherwood, table Model 166M Sherwood, table Model 166 Edinburgh, table radiogram Model 166 Peannnt & console Model 166 Convoy.

  Manufactured by Radio Corporation Of New Zealand Ltd for Columbus Radio Centre Ltd.

• Price in first year of sale
• 89.50 £

• Mentioned in
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 118)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Wanganui Chronicle 24 January 1950 Page 8)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 167 models, 128 with images and 156 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington