• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1954

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 168982

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

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 35C5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8-X-9DE Ch= RC-1140A - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 290 x 185 x 190 mm / 11.4 x 7.3 x 7.5 inch

• Notes
• "Golden Throat" tone (an advertising slogan of RCA).
  RF stage has 3 resonant tuned circuits, one of which is the fixed-tuned low Q RF preamp plate load with 47pF//8.2k//L. Three-gang tuning capacitor controls 2 RF circuits and the Local oscillator. Switched phono input.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.250 kg / 4 lb 15.3 oz (4.956 lb)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (259-13)

• Author
• Model page created by Ekkehard Pfau. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5133 models, 3236 with images and 4169 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)