• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 53585

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12C8 12SC7 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; something special ? Please give information (notes)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 100-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 5X5I Ch= RC-406 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 8.5 x 5.2 x 4.5 inch / 216 x 132 x 114 mm

• Notes
• Ivory finish Bakelite. Multiplex receiver. Will operate any other radio in the home by "remote control" using the Model PLF-10 Power Line Filter Coupling Unit

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.3 kg / 5 lb 1.1 oz (5.066 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 10 = 1939 and before

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Victor Instruments Service Notes 1939

• Other Models

• Here you find 5133 models, 3236 with images and 4168 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)