• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1946

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 337195

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8 6U7 6B8 6V6 6X5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 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
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Corvette 55A - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 462 x 320 x 230 mm / 18.2 x 12.6 x 9.1 inch

• Notes

• 5 valve dual wave superhet.

  Same chassis used in the Courtenay 55A.

  See also Columbus 55S.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.50 NZ Pounds

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Nothern Advocate 27 May 1946 Page 3)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 168 models, 130 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