Philmore CR5AC (CR-5AC)

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

Philmore CR5AC (CR-5AC)

Description

General Coverage Receiver

Category

Receiver, General Coverage, Kit

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Philmore

Date made

1959 - 1962

Valuations

Value

$39.95

Notes

Less cabinet

General Notes

Note

Popular Electronics, Aug 1959, p. 135. Allied Radio catalog 1960 (copyright 1959), p. 432. Allied Radio catalog 1961 (copyright 1960), p. 402. Allied Radio catalog 1962 (copyright 1961), p. 287. Kit or wired, The five-tubePhilmore superhet had a transformer power supply, S-meter, and BFO. It covered .55–30 MHz in four bands and had a vernier band-spread tuning control. Cabinet sold separately.