RCA ACR-155

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

RCA ACR-155

Description

General Coverage Receiver

Category

Receiver, General Coverage

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Radio Corporation of America

Date made

1937 - 1938

Valuations

Value

$74.50

General Notes

Note

QST, Feb 1937, back cover. Radio Craft, Mar 1937, p. 547 Radio News, Mar 1937, p. 549. Radio News, Apr 1937, p. 613. (a few specs) Lafayette catalog number 69, p. 104. RCA’s entry into the 1937 medium-priced communications receiver market sold for $74.50. It tuned from .52–22 MHz in three bands. The nine-tube set had an internal speaker but no IF filter. References Review. Radio, Feb 1937, p. 17. Review. Radio News, Jun 1937, p. 736.