RE81

RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

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  • Year
  • 1932/1933
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 54718
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 10
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Details
  • Other Recorder/Player
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105 - 125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Power out
  • 7 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: RE81 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 657 x 1090 x 387 mm / 25.9 x 42.9 x 15.2 inch
  • Notes
  • The RCA model RE81 has a disc recording and playing automatic phonograph and is a 6 legged stretcher base low-boy console. The phonograph can play 78s and 33 1/3 rpm records! It has class B amplification. Information from Alan Douglas for this model: "According to the "Red Book", the RCA service manual 1931/32, this RCA model RE81 was announced September 9, 1932 with a list price of $ 178. Date of sample shipment was at announcement and also the first stock shipment. This model was produced 2597 times."
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 51.4 kg / 113 lb 3.5 oz (113.216 lb)
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 178.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 3 = 1933 and before

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