• 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
• 53787

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8 6K7 6H6 6F5 6F6 5W4

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 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
• 2.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 86E - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Console: Chairside Radio.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 26.75 x 23.125 x 14.375 inch / 679 x 587 x 365 mm

• Notes
• chairside model.

• 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 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Victor Service Notes for 1937 (RCA Redbook)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (June 1937.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5134 models, 3238 with images and 4174 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)