• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1933/1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 266632

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 34 1A6 34 1A6 33

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Battery Fiver Ch= 5B3 [Tombstone] - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.75 x 13.25 x 8.875 inch / 248 x 337 x 225 mm

• Notes

• The Crosley Battery Fiver is a battery operated 5 tube BC band receiver.  This version of the model is a Tombstone tabletop that uses chassis 5B3.

  Crosley offered different models using the "Battery Fiver" model name:

  Model Name	Chassis used
  Battery Fiver	156
  Battery Fiver	178
  Battery Fiver	5B3
  Battery Fiver	527

  The Stein Table Top Radios Volume 4 reference mistakenly calls this model 555KC and also mistakenly states this as a 2 band model.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 9 lb 12 oz (9.75 lb) / 4.427 kg

• Mentioned in
• Crosley Radio Service Manual: 1943 Sets and Earlier (Page 3)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 6 = 1935 and before (Page 6-5)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Crosley Service Supplement No. 94)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 68.)

• Author
• Model page created by Wayne Childress. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1773 models, 1042 with images and 1258 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)