• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

• Year
• 1933

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 86921

• • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6F7 38 1-V

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 4 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Tropical/Marine/Police Band(s) = 150-200m.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12.5 cm = 4.9 inch

• Power out
• 1.6 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 100 [early] - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 316 x 318 x 181 mm / 12.4 x 12.5 x 7.1 inch

• Notes
• later prod. used 41 instead of 38 tube.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 6.9 kg / 15 lb 3.2 oz (15.198 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 22.95 USD

• External source of data
• National Geographic, November 1933 advertising.

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 4 = ca. 1934 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 136.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Service-Unterlage für Modelle 100, 101, 103 & 301

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 217.)

• Author
• Model page created by Vitor Oliveira. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5131 models, 3234 with images and 4167 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)