537 Console Ch = 5516-MG

Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)

  • Year
  • 1936
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 36705

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); 1 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast (MW), Police, sometimes also early TV (75-200m).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100 - 125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 537 Console Ch = 5516-MG - Crosley Radio Corp.;
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Notes
  • Riders shows the models 516, 5516 and 6516 for the same schematic in volume 7. The sticker for the tube layout in the sets show "Fiver" = 516-BF, Model 529 = 5516-AH, Model 537 Console = 5516-MG and Model 525 = 6516-BB. On the 516-BF you find the plate with only "516" but also a stamp on the back of the cabinet: "6BF".
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

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