• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1949 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 338428

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 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Pennant 166s - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 22 x 15.5 x 14 inch / 559 x 394 x 356 mm

• Notes

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

  See also table radiogram Model 166 Pennant Early, table Model 166 Sherwood, table Model 166R Sherwood, table Model 166M Sherwood, table Model 166 Edinburgh, console Model 166 Balfour & console Model 166 Convoy.

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

• Price in first year of sale
• 59.50 £

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Wanganui Chronicle 28 March 1950 Page 8

• 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