• 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
• 190221

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 58 2A7 58 2B7 2A5 80

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

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

• Power out
• 1.75 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: R-37 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13 x 17 x 9 inch / 330 x 432 x 229 mm

• Notes
• There is also version R-37-P which features an additional Police band.

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 3 = 1933 and before (Riders 3-15,16)

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

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 222.)

• Author
• Model page created by Dirk Taekels. 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)