• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940/1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 36312

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6V6GT 6SK7 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

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

• Details
• Recording phonogr.-Disc Recorder

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 cycles, 117 Volt

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

• Power out
• 6.5 W (max.)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 33 BG - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).

• Notes

• The Crosley 33 BG is an AC operated 6 tube combination phonograph and BC/SW receiver.  The phonograph is used for both playback and recording.  The recording source was switch selectable between the radio and an external microphone.

  Note: Stein's Table Top Radios Volume 4 mistakenly identifies this model as 32BG and also mistakenly states that this model has 1 band.

• Price in first year of sale
• 69.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965 (Beitman V04, 1941 Page 25)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• A Blast from the Past (p.282)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (February 1941.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Crosley Folder No. 2901, Season 1940/41.

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 67.)

• 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)