• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Courtenay (Brand); Various manufacturers

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 350951

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8 6K7 6H6 6J7 6F6 5Z4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50Hz, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Power out
• 3 W (undistorted)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Rhapsody 21 - Courtenay Brand; Various

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Notes

• 6-valve superhet dual wave tombstone model receiver. 

  Note there are different dial layouts and different escutcheon rotations.  One dial says 'Courtenay' under the lion, the other says 'Semper Fidelis', a Latin motto used on a few Courtenay models around this time.

  Other models using this chassis include Pacific 21, Stella 21, and CQ21.

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Evening Post 29 October 1936 Page 30)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 62 models, 46 with images and 56 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Courtenay (Brand); Various manufacturers