• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 36398

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6U7G 6Q7G 6K6G 6X5G

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• Vibrator

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6-7 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12.5 cm = 4.9 inch

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Fiver Roamio A-157 - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 147 x 150 x 270 mm / 5.8 x 5.9 x 10.6 inch

• Notes

• Power transforming by Crosley "Vibrator" - Total power Consumption: 5.7A at 6 V.

  The radio has no predefined polarity: it works with negative to the ground as well as positive to the ground.

  The add "The standout values in radio for 1938" from Fall 1937 shows the following models: Console 1117 early and late, console "Dynatrol Eleven" 1127, chairside model "Dynatrol Six" 617 and low profile table radio model 817, all with 4 knobs. Table model Super Six 637 and Crosley Fiver (DeLuxe) with 3 knobs, the Fiver Roamio (A157) with two knobs and three versions of a "Fiver" Chairside model: 567-M, 567-N and 567-P. Models 1127 and 617 have "Dynatral Electric Tuning" with push buttons.

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.99 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (May 1937.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Crosley Service Supplement No. 168 dated April 1937)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Crosley Radio Service Manual: 1943 Sets and Earlier (Pages 530, 531)

• 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)