• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)

• Year
• 1932/1933

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 249118

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

• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 32 30 32 32 30 30 31 31

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 2 & 22.5 & 180 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 128 "Battery Chieftain" Ch= 128 - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 24.375 x 42 x 13.5 inch / 619 x 1067 x 343 mm

• Notes

• The Crosley 128 "Battery Chieftain" is an Battery operated 8 tube BC band receiver.  Has push pull audio output stage. Has shadow dial that uses neon lamp and continous (stepless) tone control.

  From the Crosley News Brochure:  The front inside panel is of figured oriental wood arched with an overlay of bird's eye maple.  The doors are of fancy matched walnut veneer. American black walnut veneer is used in the top and sides.

  In many cases Crosley used the chassis number as the model number, and added a model name to some models to help distinguish versions that used common chassis.  Here are the models that used the 128 chassis versions:

  
  

  Model	Model Type	Chassis
  Battery Mayor	Table	128
  Battery Chieftain	Console	128
  Battery Playboy	Table	128

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 73.50 $ !

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 3 = 1933 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (The Crosley Service Bulletin No. 41 Dated Aug. 15, 1932)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Crosley Radio Service Manual (Crosley Radio Service Manual 1943 and Earlier Page 180)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 3 = 1933 and before (Riders (Crosley) 3-10, 3-12)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Crosley News Brochure Dated June 1932)

• Author
• Model page created by John Kusching. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1807 models, 1050 with images and 1301 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)