Panoramic PCA-2 (T200)

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: QST, Feb 1946

Image: QST, Feb 1946

Name/Title

Panoramic PCA-2 (T200)

Description

Panoramic Adaptor

Category

Panoramic Adaptor, Scope

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Panoramic Radio Corp

Date made

1946 - 1950

Dimensions

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

11 in

Depth

10 in

Valuations

Value

$99.75

General Notes

Note

QST, Feb 1946, inside front cover. Complete specs: QST Mar 1946, p. 131. Radio Craft, Apr 1946, back cover. QST, Feb 1950, p. 79. CQ, Feb 1967, p. 97. (These must be NOS) This is the postwar version of Panoramic's "Panoramoscope." The PCA-2T200 panadaptor was manufactured by the Panoramic Radio Corporation of New York City. Its 2-inch scope displayed signals in a bandwidth of up to ±100 kHz when connected to a receiver having an IF between 450 and 470 kHz. It could also be used to check the characteristics of just one AM, FM, or CW signal. It used 10 tubes and had an internal power supply. These units could still be found at new-old-stock into the 1960s. See, for example, 73 magazine, March 1966, p. 115. References Eyes for Your Receiver. CQ, Mar 1946, p. 22. Brief description. Radio News, Jul 1946, p. 78.