• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Racal Engineering / Instruments / Electronics Ltd., Bracknell

• Year
• 1960 ??

• Category
• Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 106291

• Main principle
• Superhet, double/triple conversion; ZF/IF 40000/2500 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100-125 / 200-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Dual Channel Receiver RA-253 - Racal Engineering /

• Shape
• Rack

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 480 x 530 x 570 mm / 18.9 x 20.9 x 22.4 inch

• Notes
• Coverage 980 - 30000 kHz, AM/SSB with BFO, linear analog readout (ca. 1 kHz).
  Professional dual channel receiver used for diversity reception.
  Two 600 Ohm and one speaker output per channel.

• Mentioned in
• Racal Handbook, Rinus Jansen

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 113 models, 62 with images and 18 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Racal Engineering / Instruments / Electronics Ltd., Bracknell