• Country
• Canada

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

• Year
• 1940 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 299497

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• 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
• AC/DC-set / 105 to 125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 1.5 W (2 W max.)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Nipper [Early] - RCA Victor International,

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 8.6 x 5.1 x 4.5 inch / 218 x 130 x 114 mm

• Notes

• The RCA Victor "Nipper" is a 5-tube AC/DC miniature table radio. Available in ivory or mahogany colour.

  Another Canadian RCA radio with the same Nipper model name but with different schematic and cabinet design was manufactured in 1950.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Service Manual Vol 2 P. 175

• Author
• Model page created by Tom Seeger. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 667 models, 438 with images and 606 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from RCA Victor (International), Montreal