• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1923

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 54629

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

• Number of Tubes
• 1

• Valves / Tubes
• UV199

• Main principle
• TRF with regeneration

• Tuned circuits
• 1 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 4.5 & 45 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radiola Special [metal case, 4 teminals] - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).

• Notes
• May 1923. Price complete with tube and Brandes headphones. Manufactured by Wireless Specialty, it was converted from unsold AR1375's (June 1922). A new panel is mounted on top of the "old" one, with shows a different dial and inscription. There is also a wooden case model using the modified "old" 1375 panel. See there.

• Price in first year of sale
• 63.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's, Vol. 3 (p.26)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Enters the Home, RCA Catalog 1922,

• 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)