RME MC-53

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

RME MC-53

Description

Receiving Converter for 2/6/10/11 Meters

Category

Receiving Converter

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Radio Manufacturing Engineers

Date made

1952 - 1955

Valuations

Value

$66.00

General Notes

Note

QST, May 1952, p. 135. Allied Radio catalog 1953 (copyright 1952), p. 41. QST, Aug 1954, inside front cover. Replaces the VHF-152A. RME entered the mobile market with the MC-53. The four-tube converter covered the 2, 6, and 10–11 meter bands. It had voltage regulation for the oscillator and a built-in noise clipper.