• 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
• 53797

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8 6D6 6Q7G 25L6 25Z5

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 or 200-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 1.6 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 86X4 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.9 x 10.5 x 7.25 inch / 378 x 267 x 184 mm

• 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
• Machine Age to Jet Age III

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

• 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)