- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
- Year
- 1938/1939
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 54027
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- alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine
Beitman
Print Ad from 1938
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 7
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
- Power out
- 2.5 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 97KG - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
- Shape
- Console with Push Buttons.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 32 x 35 x 12.7 inch / 813 x 889 x 323 mm
- Notes
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The grand cabinet console model 97KG is an Electric Tuning radio with "Straight-Line Dial", "Victrola Push-Button Switch" and "Plug-In" for Victrola Attachment. Pilot lamp is a Mazda 44, 6.3 v.
The RCA ad in Life, September 5, 1938 offered on page 37 the models 97KG ($ 85), 95T5 ($ 24.95), 96T2 ($ 39.95) and 96T ($ 29.95) for season 1938/39, called 1939 models.
- 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 9 = 1938 and before
- Mentioned in
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Pre-War Consoles (RCA Victor Service Notes for 1938)
- Other Models
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Here you find 5118 models, 3224 with images and 4151 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)