• Year
  • 1939
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 53560
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-250 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
  • Power out
  • 3.3 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Bakelite case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 5Q56 Ch= RC-396 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 13.5 x 9.3 x 8.7 inch / 343 x 236 x 221 mm
  • Notes
  • Ivory finish.
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 8.3 kg / 18 lb 4.5 oz (18.282 lb)
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • RCA Victor Instruments Service Notes 1939

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