- Country
- Canada
- Manufacturer / Brand
- RCA Victor (International), Montreal
- Year
- 1939/1940
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 148931
Taken from RCA Service Manual.
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 11
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 7 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
- Details
- Changer (Record changer)
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
- Power out
- 12 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: VR8 - RCA Victor International,
- Shape
- Console with any shape - in general
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 36.5 x 34 x 17.5 inch / 927 x 864 x 445 mm
- Notes
- This Radio has a Armchair Control Unit which duplicates the functions of the push buttons on the radio for tuning while sitting comfortably at the couch or the chair. It works like a wired remote control.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 45.9 kg / 101 lb 1.6 oz (101.101 lb)
- Source of data
- -- Original-techn. papers.
- Mentioned in
- Volume 1939-1940 page 113
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Pre-War Consoles
- Author
- Model page created by Ashis Mukerjea. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 667 models, 437 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