• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1945/1946

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 53505

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1T4 1S5 3S4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 1.5 & 67.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Power out
• 0.12 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 54B1 Ch= RC-589 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 6.25 x 4.25 x 3.25 inch / 159 x 108 x 83 mm

• Notes
• Black 2" x 3" PM elliptical speaker. Camera-type construction, polished chromium trim.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 3.5 lb (3 lb 8 oz) / 1.589 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 25.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition (Beitman Radio Diagrams 1946)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 7, Folder 467-22)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Portable Radio in American Life

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (October 1945 page 76.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series (RCA Victor Service Data 1943-1946, Page 29)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5133 models, 3236 with images and 4168 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)