• Year
  • 1937/1938
perfect model
  • Category
  • Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 36398

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Number of Transistors
  • 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 Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6-7 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12.5 cm = 4.9 inch
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Fiver Roamio A-157 - Crosley Radio Corp.;
  • Shape
  • Chassis only or for «building in»
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 147 x 150 x 270 mm / 5.8 x 5.9 x 10.6 inch
  • Notes
  • Power transforming by Crosley "Vibrator" - Total power Consumption: 5.7A at 6 V.

    The radio has no predefined polarity: it works with negative to the ground as well as positive to the ground.

    The add "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-M567-N and 567-P. Models 1127 and 617 have "Dynatral Electric Tuning" with push buttons.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 19.99 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (Crosley Service Supplement No. 168 dated April 1937)

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Forum contributions about this model: Crosley Radio Corp.;: Fiver Roamio A-157

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Guten Abend liebe Radiofreunde

Ich habe ein Crosley Fiver Roamio Autoradio bekommen.

Es sieht allerdings etwas anders aus als das im RMOrg.

Aber was bedeuten die Zahlen auf der Skala von 55 bis 150?

Kann mir da jemand auf die Sprünge helfen?

Grüsse

Adalbert Gebhart

 

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