• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1932

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 54553

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 35 24 27 35 27 47 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50 - 60 Hz; 105 - 125 Volt

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

• Power out
• 2.25 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Superette R-4 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14 x 17 x 10 inch / 356 x 432 x 254 mm

• Notes

• Chassis used in this model is the same as used in model R-6.

  Stein vol.2 p.243 shows a wrong picture (not an R-4 but a FADA 51!).

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 30.5 lb (30 lb 8 oz) / 13.847 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 46.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 2 = 1932 (Models 1931/1932)

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (p.190)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (p.243 wrong picture!)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 222.)

• 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)