• 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
• 54867

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7 6K7 6SQ7 6SF5 6F6G 6F6G 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Details
• Record Player (perh.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
• 5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: U40 Ch= RC-498A - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 30 x 33 x 16.25 inch / 762 x 838 x 413 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)
• 90 lb (90 lb 0 oz) / 40.860 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 119.95 USD

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Guide to Old Radios

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

• Mentioned in
• Pre-War Consoles

• 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)