• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1941/1942

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 36689

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6 35Z5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / Either AC: 50-60 cycles, 110-130V or DC: 110-130 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 52TD Ch= 77 - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• The Crosley 52TD is an AC/DC operated 5 tube BC and SW band receiver.  Has brown bakelite cabinet.

  The 52TDU model is similar to this model except has a slightly different speaker.

• Price in first year of sale
• 12.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition) (Crosley Brochure 1942 for Season 1941/42)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (June, July 1941.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Crosley Radio Service Manual: 1943 Sets and Earlier (Pages 141-142)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 67.)

• 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)