- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
- Year
- 1936
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 53870
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- alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- 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
- Source of data
- The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before
- Mentioned in
- Machine Age to Jet Age III
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 138.)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 213.)
- Other Models
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Here you find 5140 models, 3245 with images and 4177 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)