• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1947/1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 18897

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SK7 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6U5 6AD7G 6F6G 5Y3GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125/135-165/220-260 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Power out
• 3.25 W (4.5 W max.)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Q34 Ch= RC-539E - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 550 x 345 x 265 mm / 21.7 x 13.6 x 10.4 inch

• Notes

• Wavebands: BC, 4xSW 

  7" x 9" elliptical speaker electrodynamic 

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 34 lb (34 lb 0 oz) / 15.436 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 765.00 SFR

• External source of data
• E. Erb 3-907007-36-0

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before

• Mentioned in
• Die «Thali Schemasammlung» führt das Modell.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series (RCA Victor Service Data 1943-1946, Page 19)

• 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)