- Country
- New Zealand-Aotearoa
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington
- Year
- 1937/1937
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 163459
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 6
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 240 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 24 - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Notes
-
6-Valve (including magic eye) superhet broadcast (MW) table model receiver.
Featured a symmetrical layout with the edge-lit dial on the left and an edge-lit glass plate showing radio stations on the right. Some examples have Australian stations listed suggesting this model may have been exported to Australia.
Was available with and without magic eye tuning indicator.
See also Courtenay 24, Stella 24, CQ 24, & Pacific 24. Also DW models 25.
Manufactured for Columbus Radio Centre Ltd by Radio Corporation of New Zealand Ltd.
- Circuit diagram reference
- Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. I
- Mentioned in
- The Golden Age of Radio in the Home 1986 (Page 66 (Pacific model))
- Author
- Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 158 models, 117 with images and 147 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington