143 rounded top
RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
- Year
- 1934/1935
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 53125
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- alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 8
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 460 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast, Long Wave and 2 x Short Wave.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 ; 225 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
- Power out
- 4 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 143 [rounded top] - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
- Shape
- Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 17.8 x 20.3 x 14.1 inch / 452 x 516 x 358 mm
- Notes
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The RCA 143 has the wavebands:
X = 140 - 410 kc
A = 540 - 1720 kc
B = 1720 - 5400 kc
C = 5400 - 18000 kc.
See also the same chassis with a square cabinet RCA 143.
Maximum output 4 or 5 Watts. Dial lamps: 2x 6.3V/0.3A. Same chassis as RCA 242.
The RCA model 143 was also sold in 1935 by Thearly's Music Co., San Diego, CA.
Advertised for a retail price of 3950 frs. by ARC-RADIO (France) in 1935.
- Price in first year of sale
- 97.50 USD
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 5 = ca. 1934 and before
- Mentioned in
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 219.)
- Other Models
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Here you find 5124 models, 3225 with images and 4161 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)
Collections
The model 143 is part of the collections of the following members.