• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 340753

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8 6K7 6B7 42 6E5 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: The Skipper 84 - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 460 x 290 x 0 mm / 18.1 x 11.4 x 0 inch

• Notes

• 6-Valve (including magic eye) superhet broadcast (MW) table model receiver.

  Distinctive stepped level cabinet. This cabinet was also used for the dual wave Model 85.

  See also Columbus Model 84 "The Challenger" & Courtenay Model 84 Popular. 

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

• Price in first year of sale
• 18.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 116)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Poverty Bay Herald 7 November 1938 Page 15 (supplement))

• 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