- 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
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- alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 6
- 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
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Here you find 5124 models, 3225 with images and 4161 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)
Collections
The model 6BT is part of the collections of the following members.