• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 36799

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1B7 1P5 1N5 1H5 1Q5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 90 & 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: B579A Ch= 579 - Crosley Radio Corp.;

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

• Notes

• The Crosley schematic is for chassis 579, 5579 and 6579 1939/40 battery radios.
  The folder for battery radios 1939/40 shows the models B429A, B449A, B459A, B579A, B589A, B6579D and the console models B5579M and B5589M (but without the 439).

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.99 $

• External source of data
• Point of sales brochure Crosley battery radios.

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = 1944 = before 1943

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 71.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 1773 models, 1042 with images and 1257 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)