• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167304

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6A7 6D6 6B7 6E5 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: Columbus 36 [Console] - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes

• 7-Valve (including magic eye) superhet with RF stage dual wave console model.

  See also table models Columbus 36 and Courtenay 36.

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. I I

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Hutt News 13 July 1938 Page 10 (Supplement))

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. 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