Radiola VA (5A) AR885A
RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
- Year
- 1923/1924
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 54926
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- alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine
- Number of Tubes
- 3
- Main principle
- TRF with regeneration
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries
- Loudspeaker
- - This model requires external speaker(s).
- Material
- Metal case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Radiola VA AR885A - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 23.5 x 11 x 7 inch / 597 x 279 x 178 mm
- Notes
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The Radiola V Model AR-885-A is an updated Radiola V Model AR-885 with modifications allowing it to use either UV-199 or UV-201-A tubes rather than the old tubes with 1 amp filaments. It provided for a 4.5 volt "C" battery for UV-199 grid bias and also used higher resistance rheostats to control UV-199 and UV-201-A low current filaments.
According to RCA's AR-885-A Operating Instructions dated March 1923, the choices for tubes in the AR-885-A are either three UV-199 or three UV-201-A tubes.
According to the book, "Radiola, the Golden Age of RCA", RCA continued advertising the set as the Radiola V, without mentioning that they had updated the Detector-Amplifier unit. The metal tag on the front of the set will show that it is either a Radiola V Model AR-885, or a Radiola V Model AR-885-A. A decal inside the Detector-Amplifier unit will say either AA-1400 or AA-1400-A.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 35 lb (35 lb 0 oz) / 15.890 kg
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's, Vol. 3
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 1 = 1931/1934 (for 1919-1931)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Radiola, the golden Age of RCA
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- - - Manufacturers Literature
- Other Models
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Here you find 5142 models, 3248 with images and 4180 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
Collections
The model Radiola VA (5A) is part of the collections of the following members.