• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1958

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 338666

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6AE8 or ECH81 6BA6 6AV6 6AQ5 6X4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 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) / 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical / Ø 7 inch = 17.8 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Champion 566 - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 320 x 220 x 200 mm / 12.6 x 8.7 x 7.9 inch

• Notes

• 5-Valve superhet dual wave receiver.

  See also AWA Radiola Model 566MA.

• Mentioned in
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 119)

• 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