• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939–1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 197083

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

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 45X-12 Ch= RC-459D [2nd Production] - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.75 x 6.62 x 6 inch / 248 x 168 x 152 mm

• Notes

• Extra-large, built-in Magic Loop Antenna. Multicolor clock-dial. Molded cabinet of Antique Ivory finish.

  Price in 1941, might have still been sold later.

• Price in first year of sale
• 14.95 $

• Source of data
• RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series

• Author
• Model page created by John Kusching. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5133 models, 3236 with images and 4169 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)