• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

• Year
• 1934/1935

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 53104

• • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 6D6 6B7 41 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 1.75 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 125 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14 x 17 x 10 inch / 356 x 432 x 254 mm

• Notes

• Same chassis in console 225.
  The RCA model 125 was also sold in 1935 by "Thearly's Music Co., San Diego, CA.

  Exported to New Zealand in 1934 fitted and with a 230 VAC transformer and advertised as a Magic Brain receiver.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 21.7 lb (21 lb 11.2 oz) / 9.852 kg

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 6 = 1935 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 219.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5118 models, 3224 with images and 4152 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)