• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 36743

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1B7 1P5 1N5 1H5 1Q5

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 90 & 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: B5589M Ch= 5589 - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 25 x 40 x 11.875 inch / 635 x 1016 x 302 mm

• Notes

• Short Wave from 5.7 to 18.3 MHz - Broadcast from 540 to 1725 kHz. Model 5589 is the console version of the 589 with tone control added and all controls on the front. The Crosley model 5589 was sold (out) by Lafayette under the model No. B-5589-M for $ 19.25. What a price difference! It has the same cabinet as the model B5579M which has only medium wave. This model features 5 push buttons for station selection. It is housed in a walnut veneer cabinet.
  The folder for battery radios 1939/40 shows the models B429A, B449A, B459A, B579A, B589A, B6579D and the console models B5579M and B5589M (but without the 439).
  
  See details and summaries for the models of this Lafayette catalog no. 82, 1941 for radio season 1940/41.

• Price in first year of sale
• 54.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = 1944 = before 1943

• Mentioned in
• Lafayette Radio Catalog (catalog No.82, page 32)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 71.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 1791 models, 1048 with images and 1282 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)