• 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
• 53683

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 1C6 1A4 1F6 30 49 49

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 2.5 & 3x45 & 7.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Power out
• 1.2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 6BT - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.25 x 21 x 11.5 inch / 337 x 533 x 292 mm

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 21 lb (21 lb 0 oz) / 9.534 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 7 = 1936 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (5th edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 234.)

• 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)