• 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
• 54781

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6F6G 5Y3G

• 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
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: T-55 Ch= RC-418 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15.625 x 9.5 x 7 inch / 397 x 241 x 178 mm

• Notes
• This model has 3 power supply ratings:
  Rating A...105-125V, 50-60 Cycles
  Rating B...105-125V, 25-60 Cycles
  Rating C...105-125;200-250V, 50-60 Cycles
  

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 12.5 lb (12 lb 8 oz) / 5.675 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 27.95 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)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 02, 1939

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 245.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5131 models, 3234 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)