• Year
  • 1932
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 54553
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 7
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50 - 60 Hz; 105 - 125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Power out
  • 2.25 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Superette R-4 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 14 x 17 x 10 inch / 356 x 432 x 254 mm
  • Notes
  • Chassis used in this model is the same as used in model R-6.

    Stein vol.2 p.243 shows a wrong picture (not an R-4 but a FADA 51!).

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 30.5 lb (30 lb 8 oz) / 13.847 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 46.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 2 = 1932 (Models 1931/1932)

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