637 Super Six (Super 6)

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 36879

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6U7G 6Q7G 6K6G 6K6G 5Y3G

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

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 4.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 637 Super Six - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14 x 9 x 7 inch / 356 x 229 x 178 mm

• Notes

• The ad "The standout values in radio for 1938" from Fall 1937 shows the following models: Console 1117 early and late, console "Dynatrol Eleven" 1127, chairside model "Dynatrol Six" 617 and low profile table radio model 817, all with 4 knobs. Table model Super Six 637 and Crosley Fiver (DeLuxe) with 3 knobs, the Fiver Roamio (A157) with two knobs and three versions of a "Fiver" Chairside model: 567-M, 567-N and 567-P. Models 1127 and 617 have "Dynatral Electric Tuning" with push buttons.

• Price in first year of sale
• 34.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (October 1937.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 69 & page 73.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Crosley Folder No. 1918, 1938 for Season 1937/38.

• 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)