• Country
• Canada

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

• Year
• 1932 ??

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 295023

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

• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 58 58 56 58 56 56 247 280

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: R-50 [AC Receiver] - RCA Victor International,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 350 x 496 x 265 mm / 13.8 x 19.5 x 10.4 inch

• Notes

• The Canadian RCA-Victor model R-50 is an 8-tube broadcast receiver.Requires an external wire antenna. For 25 or 60 Hz depending on nameplate rating.

  Not the same as 1922 battery powered R-50.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (RCA Victor Service Manual (Montreal, Canada))

• 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