• Country
• Brazil

• Manufacturer / Brand
• RCA Victor Radio S.A., São Paulo

• Year
• 1959/1960 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 339864

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BE6 6BA6 6AV6 12AX7 6AQ5 6AQ5 5Y3GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 90; 110; 180; 220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 2 Loudspeakers / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 12 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: B-741 - RCA Victor Radio S.A., São

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 550 x 340 x 240 mm / 21.7 x 13.4 x 9.4 inch

• Notes

• This model was produced in Brazil (circa 1959) in the São Paulo/Brazil plant of RCA-VICTOR Brazil. Mounted in a luxurious wooden case with varnish finish, this tablemodel radio comes with a hi-power hi-fi push-pull audio output (handled by two 6AQ5 pentodes with a 12AX7 as an inverter) coupled to a twin 6" loudspeakers.

  The unit also counts with a Phono input for crystal cartrige which will allow the addition of an external record player.

  Wave bands:

  • MW = 535 - 1605 kHz
  • SW1 = 2.4 - 7.5 MHz
  • SW2 = 7.5 - 22 MHz
  • SW3 = 9 - 12.2 MHz (band spread for 31 and 25 m)

   

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 5 kg / 11 lb 0.2 oz (11.013 lb)

• Author
• Model page created by Marcelo Carrano. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 15 models, 10 with images and 5 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from RCA Victor Radio S.A., São Paulo