RCA ACR-136

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

RCA ACR-136

Description

Limited General Coverage Receiver

Category

Receiver, General Coverage

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Radio Corporation of America

Date made

1934 - 1935

Valuations

Value

$69.50

General Notes

Note

QST, Dec 1934, p. 75. Lafayette catalog number 59, p. 98. QST, Apr, 1935, back cover QST, May 1935, pp. 21-28. The RCA Victor Company entered the amateur communications receiver market with the ACR-136 in 1934. It had seven tubes and covered 0.54 to 18 MHz in three bands. The band-switching set had AVC and mechanical band spread. References Review: Radio, Dec 1934, p. 18. Discussion. Radio News, Jan 1936, p. 399.