• 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
• 48631

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8 6SK7 6SQ7 25L6 25Z6

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 9TX-3 "Little Nipper - 2nd" - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 8.7 x 5.3 x 4.2 inch / 221 x 135 x 107 mm

• Notes
• Two-tone wood cabinet, piano finish, mottled tan dial and knob.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 3.1 kg / 6 lb 13.3 oz (6.828 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 15.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• Sideli: Classic Plastic Radios...

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Schematic (RCA Victor Instruments Service Notes 1938)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 132.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5132 models, 3235 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)