• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1933 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 131109

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 78 6A7 77 43 25Z5

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

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Tropical/Marine/Police Band(s) = 150-200m.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 100-125 Volt

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

• Power out
• 1.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: R-22-S - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 7.75 x 5.4 inch / 305 x 197 x 137 mm

• Notes

• Ornate repwood (pressed wood) case. Metal handle.

  Receives regular broadcasts and police calls.

  Without input transformer. Both in AC and DC operation the circuit is connected to the mains.
  We do not always state such cases - since often the uploader does not know.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4.8 kg / 10 lb 9.2 oz (10.573 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 24.75 USD

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 4 = ca. 1934 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 138.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Radex, Radio-Index, Sept. 1933

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Schemario di apparecchi radio a valvole (II edizione, D.E. Ravalico - Hoepli - 1945)

• Author
• Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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)