- Country
- Canada
- Manufacturer / Brand
- RCA Victor (International), Montreal
- Year
- 1963 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 310341
Picture from Scott Etheridge.
Picture from Scott Etheridge.
Picture from Scott Etheridge.
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Transistors
- 11
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455/10700 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 5 AM circuit(s) 6 FM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.
- Power type and voltage
- Batteries / addl. power jack / AA: 6 x 1.5 / 9 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 9 cm = 3.5 inch
- Power out
- 0.25 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: GP-556M - RCA Victor International,
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 8.625 x 4.625 x 1.8125 inch / 219 x 117 x 46 mm
- Notes
-
The RCA-Victor model GP-556M is a portable AM/FM 11-transistor radio. Has 2 earphone jacks and an external DC power jack (9VDC). With Hi-Lo tone switch, DX-LO switch, built-in ferrite-rod antenna for AM, and telescopic antenna for FM. Stated weight is without batteries; 1.074 kg. with 6xAA batteries.
Similar USA model is the Seminole 1100.
Made in Japan
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 0.950 kg / 2 lb 1.5 oz (2.093 lb)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Radio College of Canada (RCC) (1964 Supplement 65)
- Author
- Model page created by Tom Seeger. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 667 models, 437 with images and 606 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from RCA Victor (International), Montreal