RCA Victor BP-10

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     RCA Victor BP-10 "Personal". Portable tube radio - superheterodyne. Made in the USA by "RCA Manufacturing Company, Inc. Camden, NJ, USA". The exact date of manufacture of the receiver is not known, but it is known that they began producing in 1940. Dimensions 225 x 93 x 76 mm Weight 1.6 kg without batteries. Metallic housing, the lower lid and metal and plastic top. Power is supplied by two batteries. Filament voltage - 1,5 v, - Eveready Battery 950 (type D), the anode voltage - 67,5 V, - Eveready Battery type 467. Wiring collected on four types of vacuum tubes 1R5, 1T4, 1S5, 1S4 manufactured by RCA. On the inside back cover pasted leaflets. The receiver is activated when you open the top cover. When you close the lid presses the rod dip switch disconnects power to the receiver. Inside the lid is a loop antenna. Under the lid is a decorative grille, and the tuning knob and volume control.
     The receiver has got me in good working condition. For demonstration I use a modern battery 1,5 v such as D, and a homemade battery anode collected from 8 to 9 v batteries such as PP3.

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The original b-battery Eveready 467 has the dimensions 90 x 70 x 35 mm and weighs 340 grams. The photo on the right home-made battery anode, collected from 8 to 9 v battery type PP3

The electrical circuit of the radio RCA Victor BP-10

Photos from the magazine "Radio Retailing" for November 1940