• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1958

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 356697

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

• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6AE8 or ECH81 6BA6 6AV6 EM80 6AQ6 6AQ5 6X4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 465 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) / 50Hz, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Plymouth 810 [Mantel] - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes

• Columbus 810 Plymouth Mantel

  8-valve (including magic eye) superhet with RF stage dual wave mantel receiver with 10" x 6" elliptical speaker.

  See also Columbus 810 Somerset radiogram, Columbus 810 console radio. There was also a stereo version Columbus 810S.

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

• Price in first year of sale
• 45.00 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 10 December 1958 Page 6)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 169 models, 131 with images and 157 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington