• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 53842

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6L7 6J7 6K7 6U5 6Q7 6F6G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Power out
• 2.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8Q1 Ch= RC-337 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15.5 x 19.7 x 10.7 inch / 394 x 500 x 272 mm

• Notes
• Choice of 4 power supplies for AC and DC: PSU 8A, PSU 8B, PSU 8C (AC 105-160 volts) and PSU 8E (DC 105-150 volts).

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Guide to Old Radios

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age III (RCA Victor Service Notes for 1938)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 214.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5133 models, 3236 with images and 4168 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)