• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 36406

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

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

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Power out
• 4 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: A258 Fiver Roamio - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.

• Notes

• The Crosley A258 "Fiver Roamio" is a battery operated 5 tube BC band car radio.  Uses Vibrator to generate the B+ supply.  Power Consumption is 5.7A at 6VDC.

  The Crosley model A158 Fiver Roamio is similar to the A258 Fiver Roamio except does not have station "preset" buttons.

  Das A258 Fiver Roamio  entspricht dem A158 Fiver Roamio bis auf die beim A258 vorhandenen Stationstasten.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Crosley Radio Service Manual: 1943 Sets and Earlier (Pages 532 to 534)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before (Riders-Crosley Section Page 9-1 to 9-3)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 02, 1939 (Pages 20 to 22)

• 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)