Radiola VA (5A) AR885A
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RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine | ||||
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| Year: 1923/1924 | Category: Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner | ||||
| Valves / Tubes | 3: UV199 UV199 UV199 or UV201A UV201A UV201A |
| Main principle | TRF with regeneration |
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| Wave bands | Broadcast only (MW). |
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| Power type and voltage | Storage and/or dry batteries |
| Loudspeaker | - This model requires external speaker(s). |
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| from Radiomuseum.org | Model: Radiola VA AR885A - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New |
| Material | Metal case |
| 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 | 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 |
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