U-8W Victrola Ch= RC-404A

RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

  • Year
  • 1939
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 54877
    • 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) / 117 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
  • Power out
  • 0.75 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: U-8W Victrola Ch= RC-404A - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 14.2 x 6.6 x 8.7 inch / 361 x 168 x 221 mm
  • Notes
  • Walnut finish. Also available: model U-8M in Blonde Mahogany finish.
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 11.5 lb (11 lb 8 oz) / 5.221 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 19.95 USD
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

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