• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1948 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 231935

• • 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
• 1R5 1T4 1U5 3V4 117Z3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 110-125 / 75 & 7,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Various materials

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8BX5 RC-1059 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• Three Power Operated Portable Superhheterodyne Receiver with Loop Antenna

  AM: 540-1600KC

• Mentioned in
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Vol 5. 9/48 4816-20 Set 46 Folder 20)

• Author
• Model page created by Friedrich Weber † 12.09.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5126 models, 3229 with images and 4161 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)