• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 228792

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• (6A8G 6U7G 6Q7G 6K6G 5Y3 ?)

• Main principle
• (ZF/IF: 455;  AF stage(s): 2;   ?)

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

• Power type and voltage
• (Alternating Current supply (AC) ?)

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• (2 W (unknown quality) ?)

• Material
• (Metal case ?)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Fiver Compact Louver Front - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.25 x 8 x 7 inch / 337 x 203 x 178 mm

• Notes
• (

  The Crosley Fiver Compact Louver Front 517, Cabinet 7B (early) is part of a family of Crosley 517, 547, and 5517 radios. The chassis is metal with a louver-style molded Bakelite front to conceal the speaker grill. The model comes in three color options: a brown case with a brown Bakelite front, a bronze case with a black Bakelite front, and a silver-gray case with a black Bakelite front.

  See the Crosley Fiver 517, Cabinet 6K (early) for details of this family.

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

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Crosley Folder No. 1918, 1938 for Season 1937/38.

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 72.)

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1791 models, 1049 with images and 1285 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)