• 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
• 54030

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7 6H6 6F5 25L6G 25Z6G

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• BK42B

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 97X - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 9.3 x 6.5 inch / 305 x 236 x 165 mm

• Notes
• Ballast tube BK-42B.

• 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 9 = 1938 and before

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

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 5130 models, 3233 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)