• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 246398

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

• 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
• AC/DC-set / AC: 50 to 60 cycles, 105 to 125V or DC: 105 to 125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 1 W (1.5 W max.)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 6-X-8A "The Wilshire" Ch= RC-1146 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10.75 x 6.375 x 6 inch / 273 x 162 x 152 mm

• Notes

• The RCA 6-X-8A is an AC/DC operated 5 tube BC band receiver. BC band tuning range: 540 to 1600 kHz. Has built-in loop antenna mounted on rear panel. Cabinet color is black. Has phono input jack located on rear of chassis, along with a slide switch used to select either radio or phono operation.

  The following models use the same schematic and cabinet but have different cabinet colors:

  Model Number	Cabinet Color
  6-X-8A	Black
  6-X-8B	Cherry Red
  6-X-8C	Forest Green

   

  RCA manufactured the same style radio with different model numbers but the same chassis. Similar to 4X551 through 4X555 series.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 5 lb (5 lb 0 oz) / 2.270 kg

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 15, 1955 (Vol 15, 1955, p.76)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (RCA Datasheet 1955 No. 14)

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

• 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)