• Year
  • 1941/1942
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 54564
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Details
  • Record Player (not changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC)
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
  • Power out
  • 0.9 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: R-560P Ch= RC-517F - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 16.5 x 11 x 13 inch / 419 x 279 x 330 mm
  • Notes
  • Frequency range of Radio Phonograph model R-560P with chassis RC-517F has a range of 540-1650 kc. According to "Radio Retailing" September 1941, page 30, this radio has a Walnut cabinet with birch veneers. The Phonograph plays 10 or 12 inch records with lid closed. Self-starting motor. RCA Mfg. Co. Camden, New Jersey.
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

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