• 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
• 159074

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 58 2A7 57 2A5 80

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

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 cm = 4.7 inch

• Power out
• 1.75 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: R-28D Ch= R-28-P [Tambour, 2 bands] - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 410 x 220 x 225 mm / 16.1 x 8.7 x 8.9 inch

• Notes

• Tambour doors.

  There is a discrepancy between catalog data and advertisements: R-28D exists as a model with fold-open doors (catalog data) and with sliding doors (this model).

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 6.5 kg / 14 lb 5.1 oz (14.317 lb)

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (3rd edition)

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

• Author
• Model page created by Norbert Konersmann. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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)