CR-5 (CR5) Early Exposed Tube

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Grebe, A.H. & Co.; Richmond Hill (NY)

• Year
• 1921

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 43515

• • Brand: Synchrophase

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 1

• Valves / Tubes
• UV200 or C300

• Main principle
• TRF with regeneration

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

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

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: CR-5 [Early Exposed Tube] - Grebe, A.H. & Co.; Richmond

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16 x 7 x 7 inch / 406 x 178 x 178 mm

• Notes

• First variation of the Grebe CR-5 with wooden variometer, exposed tube and no vernier tuning. The binding post caps on this model were anodized black brass. See also the newer model Grebe CR5 with a peephole instead of the exposed tube, which is a much cheaper collecting item than this CR-5.

• Price in first year of sale
• 80.00 $

• 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
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition (Andrae Catalog R-6 (1923))

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's, Vol. 2

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio News (April 1921, Radio News page 747)

• Other Models

• Here you find 188 models, 124 with images and 61 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Grebe, A.H. & Co.; Richmond Hill (NY)