• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 54029

• • 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, Short Wave(s) and Police.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 97T-2 Ch= RC-351K - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15.7 x 12.7 x 9.3 inch / 399 x 323 x 236 mm

• Notes

• 2 pilot lamps Mazda 47, 6.3 v.

• Price in first year of sale
• 49.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

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

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

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

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (January 1939 page 64)

• 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)