• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

• Year
• 1956 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 311911

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

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• Number of Transistors
• 4

• Semiconductors
• 2N140 2N139 2N109 2N109

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2.12 inch = 5.4 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8-BT 8JE "Stetson" Ch= RC-1169A - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 5.5 x 3.25 x 1.625 inch / 140 x 83 x 41 mm

• Notes

• RCA Victor model 8-BT-8JE is a battery operated portable transistorized AM receiver. Earphone jack. Ivory & gray colored case. Technical details see RCA 8-BT-8 (series) data sheet.

  Weight listed is with alkaline 9V battery; weight is 0.79 lbs without battery.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.892 lb (0 lb 14.3 oz) / 0.405 kg

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide To TrR1 Bunis trans.94 (1996, page 219)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 364 Folder 10 dated 7-57)

• Author
• Model page created by Dirk Taekels. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5134 models, 3237 with images and 4171 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)