• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 53554

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8 6K7 6Q7G 25L6G 25Z6G 47_lamp 47_lamp

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• K-85277-3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s); Export model

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 200-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Power out
• 1.7 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 5Q2X Ch= RC-325D - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13 x 17.3 x 9 inch / 330 x 439 x 229 mm

• Notes

• 2 pilot lamps Mazda 47, 6.3 V.

  Export to Argentina.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 9 kg / 19 lb 13.2 oz (19.824 lb)

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Victor Service Notes for 1938

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 211.)

• 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)