Panoramic RBU-2 (T-200) Panoramoscope

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Radio Craft, Jun 1945

Image: Radio Craft, Jun 1945

Name/Title

Panoramic RBU-2 (T-200) "Panoramoscope"

Description

Panadapter

Category

Panoramic Adaptor

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Panoramic Radio Corp

Date made

1942

General Notes

Note

RBU-2 may not be the correct model number. QST, Mar 1942, p. 16. (first seen here) Radio Craft, Oct 1944, p. 10. (an ad for post-war use of panoramic reception) Radio Craft, Aug 1946, p. 787. (available as war surplus) Radio News, Aug 1946, p. 127. (available as war surplus) After the war, a version of this was released as the PCA-2 (T200), for amateur use. References Radio Craft, Jun 1945, p. 598. (a story on panoramic reception. features the unit shown in the Mar 1942 QST article, called the "Panoramoscope.") QST, Mar 1942, p. 16. (In this article, two versions of a commercially made panadaptor as seen. Both are made by Panoramic, but model numbers are not provided) Radio Craft, Jun 1945, p. 598. (a story on panoramic reception. features the unit shown in the Mar 1942 QST article, called the "Panoramoscope.") Radio News, Aug 1945, p. 32. ("A Comparison of Visual and Oral Reception")