• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

• Year
• 1939

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 54335

• • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6A8 6K7 6Q7 6K6GT 0Z4G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / =6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: M60 Ch= RC357K - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 6 x 6 x 10.75 inch / 152 x 152 x 273 mm

• Notes
• Vibrator for +B.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 USD

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• RCA Victor Service Notes "Red Book" Series

• Other Models

• Here you find 5139 models, 3243 with images and 4175 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)