Communications Receiver ACR-155

RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

  • Year
  • 1936–1938
  • Category
  • Amateur-Receiver (amateur bands, may include broadcast bands)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 264966
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 9
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 120 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
  • Power out
  • 2 W (4.5 W max.)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Communications Receiver ACR-155 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Boatanchor (heavy military or commercial set >20 kg).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 24.625 x 10.875 x 12.375 inch / 625 x 276 x 314 mm
  • Notes
  • The RCA ACR-155 Communications Receiver covered 520 to 22,000 kHz in three bands.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 74.50 USD
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Cameradio Catalog 1938 page 81.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Wayne Childress. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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