• Year
  • 1937–1939
  • Category
  • Amateur-Receiver (amateur bands, may include broadcast bands)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 54127
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 16
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 460 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 120 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • - This model requires external speaker(s). / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
  • Power out
  • 5 W (8 W max.)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: ACR-111 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Boatanchor (heavy military or commercial set >20 kg).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 21 x 23.5 x 16.25 inch / 533 x 597 x 413 mm
  • Notes
  • The RCA ACR-111 covers 540 to 32,000 kHz in five ranges with electrical bandspread on all bands except the broadcast band. Has crystal filter and BFO. Standard 19 inch rack design with table top cabinet. External accessory eight inch electro dynamic speaker with output transformer.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 60 lb 0 oz (60 lb) / 27.240 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 189.50 USD
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (2)
  • QST (July 1937, rear cover)
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Electric Radio 371 (April 2020), pages 8 - 20

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