• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1932

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 36245

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 58 58 57 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / Either transformer: 60 cycles, 117V or 25 cycles, 220 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 148 "Fiver" [Lowboy] - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes

• The Crosley 148 "Fiver" is an AC operated, 5 tube BC band receiver.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 3 = 1933 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 01, 1926-1938 (Page 37)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 3 = 1933 and before (Riders (Crosley) 3-26)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Crosley Radio Service Manual (Crosley Radio Service Manual 1943 and Earlier Page 193)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (The Crosley Service Bulletin No. 43 Dated Dec. 1, 1932)

• 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)