• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1930/1931

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 36441

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 24A 24A 24A 45 80

• Main principle
• TRF without regeneration; Screengrid 1926-1935

• Tuned circuits
• 3 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 22.5 cm = 8.9 inch

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Buddy Boy Ch= 54 [flat top] - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 400 x 390 x 240 mm / 15.7 x 15.4 x 9.4 inch

• Notes
• The literature is at variance about the model number (for instance 54 or 54G or 54Q), as well as in the name: New Buddy, or Buddy Boy or New Buddy Boy. There are round top and flat top cabinets. But it is not clear which cabinet belongs to which number and name. The sources are divergent. Almost any combination can be found.
  Moulded Repwood , Tombstone. Although the schematic does not indicate, Crosley calls it a Neutrodyne in the original ad from 1930 (A Blast from the Past).
  
  In other words: Crosley Buddy Boy has been made in different forms and also for different chassis. Here it is chassis 54 (2 knobs) - please do not confuse with similar chassis 56 (2 knobs) and chassis 58 (3 knobs). The "New Buddy Boy" for chassis 56 has the scale over the right knob (two knobs) - as has chassis 54. The Crosley 56 is the DC version of this AC model 54(G) - which you can find in two versions: "round top" and "flat top".

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 12.7 kg / 27 lb 15.6 oz (27.974 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 64.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 1 = 1931/1934 (for 1919-1931)

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (Bunis/Slusser ,any vol.of 2 to 7;)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• A Blast from the Past (p.64)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 81.)

• 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)