• Year
  • 1946
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 53513
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 1.5 & 67.5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical
  • Power out
  • 0.12 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 54B2 Ch= RC-589UA - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 6.5 x 3.2 x 4.2 inch / 165 x 81 x 107 mm
  • Notes
  • Brown
    2" x 3" PM elliptical speaker
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 3.25 lb (3 lb 4 oz) / 1.476 kg
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before

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