• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 247157

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 1F5G 1F7G 1H4G 1D5G 1G1 1C7G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 557 [var 2] - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11 x 13 x 7 inch / 279 x 330 x 178 mm

• Notes

• DC-model.

• Mentioned in
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 85.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Summer 1940.Supplement 56A To General Catalog 56,from Burstein-Applebee Co.

• Author
• Model page created by Noemi Erb. 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)