• Year
  • 1940/1941
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 54899
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 9
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.
  • Details
  • Record Player (perh.Changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volts, 25, 50 or 60 Hz. Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
  • Power out
  • 12 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: V-205 Ch= RC-521 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Console with Push Buttons.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 35 x 35.94 x 17.13 inch / 889 x 913 x 435 mm
  • Notes
  • The RCA "1941 Victrola Line" was announced in "The Music Trade Review" (August 1940 Issue), and consisted of: Four "Anniversary" models (e.g., V-205 & V-405); Three "DeLuxe" models (e.g., V-302 & V-300); four "Master" models (e.g., V-170, V-200 & V-201); and, two table models. The V-205 Model has the following frequency ranges: Band A = 540-1,600 kHz, Band B = 1,550-4,000 kHz, and Band C = 5,800-18,000 kHz. Automatic Tuning Frequency Range: 540-1,550 kHz.
    The V-205 console was produced with one of six Record Players (RP-152, RP-152-A, RP-152-B, RP-152-C, RP-152-D, and RP-152-J).
    Power Output is clarified in specifications as 10 Watts Undistorted and 12 Watts Maximum.
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 102 lb 0 oz (102 lb) / 46.308 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 150.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • RCA Victor Technical Information and Service Data, 1940, Number 34, First Printing.

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