XJ (X-J)

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1923

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 129781

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• UV201A UV201A UV201A UV201A

• Main principle
• TRF without regeneration; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 2 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: XJ - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).

• Notes
• Successor of X. Two dials (primary tuning control knobs). Also as Superdyne model with tickler (see Super XJ). With a fitting mahogany cabinet for batteries. Price of cabinet alone $16. October 1923 there is an ad in "Motor Age" on page 83, reading the following: "Have you watched the growth of the radio business? Do you reaize that this wonderful new thing will soon be in the home of every family in the land? The demand is increasing by leaps and bounds, and no one is more suited to take care of this business than the automotive service station. ..." Crosley Manufacturing Company, 10534 Alfred St., Cincinnati, Ohio.

• Price in first year of sale
• 65.00 $

• Source of data
• Radio Manufacturers of the 1920s, Vol 1

• Mentioned in
• QST Sep.1923, p.70

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Broadcast 1923/24

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. 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)