8-M-1

RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

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  • Year
  • 1938
  • Category
  • Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 53836
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 260 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Power out
  • 1.75 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 8-M-1 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Chassis only or for «building in»
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 10 x 7 x 7.2 inch / 254 x 178 x 183 mm
  • Notes
  • The RCA model 8-M-1 has a vibrator for +B. Pilot lamp Mazda 51, 7.5 v. RCA 8-M-2 have the same chassis/schematic but look different.
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • RCA Victor Service Notes for 1938

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