- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
- Year
- 1937
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 53767
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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
- 16
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 460 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
- Power out
- 25 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 816K - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
- Shape
- Console with Push Buttons.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 30 x 43 x 18 inch / 762 x 1092 x 457 mm
- Notes
- BC and 6xSW: 530-1,720 kc; 2,400-7,100 kc; 7,100-21,750 kc; Spread bands 49 m, 31 m, 25 m, 19 m. AFC.
There is also the similar canadian model 816K.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 68 kg / 149 lb 12.5 oz (149.78 lb)
- 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 9 = 1938 and before
- Mentioned in
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Pre-War Consoles
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- RCA Victor Service Notes for 1937 (RCA Redbook)
- Other Models
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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)
Collections
The model 816K is part of the collections of the following members.