• 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
• 53965

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1A7G 1N5G 1H5G 1A5G

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 1.5; 2 x 45 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.08 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 94BT2 Ch= RC-390 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 20.8 x 10.6 x 9.5 inch / 528 x 269 x 241 mm

• Notes
• Farm Radio. Tuning drive ratio: 12 to 1.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 5131 models, 3234 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)