• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington

• Year
• 1939 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 369545

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8G 6K7G 6B8G 6F6G 6E5 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50 Hz, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Panama 60 [Chest Model] - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 590 x 350 x 260 mm / 23.2 x 13.8 x 10.2 inch

• Notes

• Columbus 60 Panama

  6-Valve (including magic eye) superhet with push-button tuning.

  Chest cabinet model. Also available in Tombstone and Console cabinets.

  Manufactured by Radio Corporation Of New Zealand Ltd for Columbus Radio Centre Ltd.

• Mentioned in
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 116)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Collector info (Sammler) ("The Radio Corporation of New Zealand Ltd" by Steve Dunford Page 161)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 176 models, 138 with images and 164 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington