• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 53578

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8 6K7 6Q7 6F6 5W4

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5.5 inch = 14 cm

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 5T8 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.25 x 11 x 7.75 inch / 438 x 279 x 197 mm

• Notes

• Same schematic as RCA 5T6 and 5T7.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 21.8 lb (21 lb 12.8 oz) / 9.897 kg

• 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 8 = 1937 and before

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• RCA Victor Service Notes for 1937 (RCA Red Book 1937)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 01, 1926-1938 (page 158)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5132 models, 3235 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)