RA-117

Racal Engineering / Instruments / Electronics Ltd., Bracknell

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  • Year
  • 1958–1962 ??
  • Category
  • Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 97385

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 25
  • Main principle
  • Wadley-Loop principle (including dual superhet); 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
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2.5 inch = 6.4 cm
  • Power out
  • 1 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: RA-117 - Racal Engineering /
  • Shape
  • Rack
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 482 x 277 x 460 mm / 19 x 10.9 x 18.1 inch
  • Notes
  • Coverage 980 - 30000 kHz, AM/SSB with BFO, linear analog readout (ca. 1 kHz). Standard bandwidths are 0,1 / 0,3 / 1,2 / 3 / 6,5 / 13 MHz.
    Professional general coverage receiver with "Wadley-Loop" technique, produced alongside with the RA-17. This sets uses a third IF stage, is equipped with an external / 2nd VFO input (can be controlled by transceiver MA79 or decadic frequency synthesizer MA350B), and has higher AF output power.
    The set can be recognized by the rotating knob of the function switch below the S-Meter.
    Some tubes are partly several times present.
    Produced in several variants, RA-6117A is the designation for the same model produced by Racal USA.
  • Mentioned in
  • Racal Handbook, Rinus Jansen
  • Author
  • Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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