Columbus 38 Mantel
Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington
- Country
- New Zealand-Aotearoa
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington
- Year
- 1937
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 340290
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 7
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 7 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
- 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
- Power out
- 3 W (undistorted)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Columbus 38 [Mantel] - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
- Notes
-
7-Valve (including magic eye) superhet with RF stage all wave tombstone receiver.
Spotlight Spiral tuning dial.
10" speaker giving console performance from a mantel model.
See also Columbus Model 38 console.
Manufactured by Radio Corporation Of NZ Ltd for Columbus Radio Centre Ltd.
- Price in first year of sale
- 31.50 NZ £
- Mentioned in
- More Golden Age of Radio (Page 116)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- -- Original prospect or advert (Nelson Evening Mail 31 July 1937 Page 7)
- Author
- Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 163 models, 124 with images and 152 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington