• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 54870

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SK7 6SA7 6SK7 6H6 6U5 6SF5 6SF5 6F6 6F6 5U4G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Power out
• 10 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: U44 Ch= RC-486B - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 35.25 x 34 x 16.625 inch / 895 x 864 x 422 mm

• Notes
• This model has 5 power supply ratings:
  Rating A6...105-125V, 60 Cycles
  Rating A5...105-125V, 50 Cycles
  Rating B2...105-125V, 25 Cycles
  Rating C6...105-130;140-160;200-250V, 60 Cycles
  Rating C5...105-130;140-160;200-250V, 50 Cycles
  

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 112 lb (112 lb 0 oz) / 50.848 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 175.00 USD

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Guide to Old Radios

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

• 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)