• Year
  • 1939
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 54182
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 90 1,5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
  • Power out
  • 0.25 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: BT42 Ch= RC408A - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 17.5 x 9.75 x 9.75 inch / 445 x 248 x 248 mm
  • Notes
  • Country/Farm radio.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 29.95 USD
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

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