• Year
  • 1937
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 53773
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 2 & 135 & 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: 85BT - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 13.375 x 20.25 x 9.125 inch / 340 x 514 x 232 mm
  • Notes
  • Pak-O-Powr $10.--
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 42.95 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (2)
  • RCA Victor Service Notes for 1937 (RCA Redbook)

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