• 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
• 36811

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)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: B589A Ch= 589 - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Notes

• Short wave from 5.7 to 18.3 MHz - Broadcast from 540 to 1725 kHz. Model 589 is a battery table model with the band change switch mounted on the rear of the chassis. This model features 5 push buttons for station selection. It has the same schematic as the model B5589M.
  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).

• Price in first year of sale
• 24.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 71.)

• 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)