• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1946 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 207600

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1T4 1U5 3S4

• 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
• 0.05 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 54B1 Ch= RC-589U [2nd Production] - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 6.5 x 4.25 x 3.25 inch / 165 x 108 x 83 mm

• Notes
• Color = Black. Uses 2" x 3" elliptical speaker. This second production model uses the 1U5 tube in place of the original 1S5 tube.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 3.25 lb (3 lb 4 oz) / 1.476 kg

• Source of data
• RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series (RCA Victor Service Data 1943-1946, Page 29)

• Author
• Model page created by John Kusching. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5118 models, 3224 with images and 4148 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)