• Year
  • 1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 53842
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 7
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
  • Power out
  • 2.5 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 8Q1 Ch= RC-337 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 15.5 x 19.7 x 10.7 inch / 394 x 500 x 272 mm
  • Notes
  • Choice of 4 power supplies for AC and DC: PSU 8A, PSU 8B, PSU 8C (AC 105-160 volts) and PSU 8E (DC 105-150 volts).
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

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