Globe Trotter A20

• Country
• Canada

• Manufacturer / Brand
• RCA Victor (International), Montreal

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 115559

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6F6G 5Y4G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Globe Trotter A20 - RCA Victor International,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.75 x 10.5 x 9 inch / 349 x 267 x 229 mm

• Notes

• Similar to RCA Globetrotter A20E and CGE JK53

  Wood with chrome.

• Price in first year of sale
• 46.50 CAD

• Source of data
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Circuit diagram reference
• Radio College of Canada

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (see CGE # 43)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 138.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Pre-War Consoles (Volume 1939-1940 page 39)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• The Winnipeg Tribune; 1940-04-29

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 225.)

• Author
• Model page created by Omer Suleimanagich. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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