54B5 "The Solitaire" Ch= RC1047
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
- 1947
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 53519
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- alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine
Beitman
SAMS Photofact
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- 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
- Dry Batteries / 67.5/1.5 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
- Power out
- 0.12 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Various materials
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 54B5 "The Solitaire" Ch= RC1047 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
- Shape
- Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
- Notes
- Catalin front panel, gold plated metal case.
2" x 3" PM elliptical speaker.
- Price in first year of sale
- 75.00 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (5th edition)
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 19 = 1949 and before
- Mentioned in
- Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 08, 1948 (The Portable Radio in American Life, by M.B.Schiffer)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 17, Folder 477-25)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series (RCA Victor Service Data 1943-1946, Page 33)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 236.)
- Other Models
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Here you find 5134 models, 3237 with images and 4174 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
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One of the first "personal" radios that did not have a lid antenna.
It also was the only personal set with a strip of catalin on the cabinet.
Cabinet was plated in 24K Gold!
Sold Originally for $75 when introduced in the late 1940's.
It also was the only personal set with a strip of catalin on the cabinet.
Cabinet was plated in 24K Gold!
Sold Originally for $75 when introduced in the late 1940's.
Bill Morris, 05.Nov.05