• Year
  • 1936
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 53870
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 8
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 460 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / See Notes Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
  • Power out
  • 2.25 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 8T11 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 17.125 x 25.375 x 9.5 inch / 435 x 645 x 241 mm
  • Notes
  • wood and chrome; designed by John Vassos.
    This model has 3 power supply ratings:
    Rating A...105-125V, 50-60 Cycles
    Rating B...105-125V, 25-60 Cycles
    Rating C...100-130; 140-160; 195-250V, 40-60 Cycles
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 21.338 lb (21 lb 5.4 oz) / 9.687 kg
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

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