• 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
• 52971

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8 6K7 6H6 6F5 6U5 6F6G 5Y3G

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

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125; 100-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Power out
• 2.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 97K Ch=RC351FM [-] - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 27.3 x 41 x 14.5 inch / 693 x 1041 x 368 mm

• Notes
• Chassis 351F (RC-351F), 351FR (RC-351FR and 351FM (RC-351FM) have slightly different Pushbutton ranges and different electrolytic filter capacitors.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Victor Service Notes for 1938

• 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)