• Country
• Italy

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Superla - Cresa; Modena, Bologna

• Year
• 1935/1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 110408

• • alternative name: Cresa Radio; Modena

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 78 6B7 41 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 450 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 125; 140; 160; 220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 14 cm = 5.5 inch

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 55CM - Superla - Cresa; Modena,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 340 x 430 x 280 mm / 13.4 x 16.9 x 11 inch

• Notes

• Diverse varianti di mobile. La moderna Supereterodina, Ravalico, 1938 indica valvola 73 anziché 78, evidente errore di stampa in quanto la 73 è un diodo raddrizzatore, la 78 un pentodo RF.

• Price in first year of sale
• 1,020.00 ITL

• Source of data
• Guida Pratica Antique Radio V (2003)

• Mentioned in
• Antique Radio Magazine - Italy, Club Antique Radio Magazine (n. 104, Nov.-Dec. 2011)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• La moderna Supereterodina, Ravalico, 1938

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Schemario di apparecchi radio a valvole (II edizione, D.E. Ravalico - Hoepli - 1945)

• Author
• Model page created by Alessandro De Poi. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 119 models, 67 with images and 56 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Superla - Cresa; Modena, Bologna