• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 85750

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

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 1.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 45X13 Ch= RC-459A - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 335 x 200 x 155 mm / 13.2 x 7.9 x 6.1 inch

• Notes
• Dial lamp: Mazda Nº 51, 7.5 V, 0.2 amp.

• Price in first year of sale
• 17.95 USD

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Victor Instruments Service Notes 1939

• Author
• Model page created by Vitor Oliveira. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5118 models, 3224 with images and 4145 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)