• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 54519

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 20

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SK7 6SA7 6SA7 6SA7 6SK7 6B8G 6U5 6B8G 12SK7 6SC7 6J5 6V6GT 12SK7 6H6 6U5 6F6G 6F6G 6F6G 6F6G 5U4G 5U4G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 5 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and more than two Short Wave bands.

• Details
• Recording phonogr.-Disc Recorder

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100-250 Volt

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

• Power out
• 30 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: QU7 Ch= RC-551 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 37 x 39 x 19 inch / 940 x 991 x 483 mm

• Notes

• Eight-band, automatic phonograph, recorder and Public Adress System.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 245 lb (245 lb 0 oz) / 111.230 kg

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = 1944 = before 1943

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Victor Instruments Service Notes 1941-1942

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before (Riders RCA 12-71-72)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5133 models, 3236 with images and 4169 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)