Radiola Super-VIII (8)
RCA RCA Victor Co.: Radiola Super-VIII [Radio] ID = 394709 380x583
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RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine | ||||
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| Year: 1924 | Category: Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner | ||||
| Valves / Tubes | 6: UV199 UV199 UV199 UV199 UV199 UV199 or UX120 |
| Main principle | Superheterodyne (common); Special type of reception - please describe. |
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| Wave bands | Broadcast only (MW). |
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| Power type and voltage | Dry Batteries |
| Loudspeaker | Horn |
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| from Radiomuseum.org | Model: Radiola Super-VIII - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New |
| Material | Wooden case |
| Shape | Console with any shape - in general |
| Notes | The "RCA Radiola Super-VIII is a six-tube dry battery operated Super-heterodyne, utilising a new principle - the Second Harmonic Oscillator - simplified for everybody's operation." This is a statement from a small "Radio Catalogue R-7" from 1924, made by Juius Andrae & Sons Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Built in frame aerial. There is also a table model with the same schematic, called "Radiola Super-Heterodyne". |
| Price in first year of sale | 425.00 $ |
| External source of data | Ernst Erb |
| Source of data | Guide to Old Radios |
| Circuit diagram reference | Rider's Perpetual, Volume 1 = 1931/1934 (for 1919-1931) |
| Mentioned in | Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's, Vol. 3 |
| Literature/Schematics (1) | Radio Broadcast, Mar. 1924. p. 443 |
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