RP Electronics RPC-3C

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

RP Electronics RPC-3C

Description

Speech Compressor

Category

Other

Made/Created

Manufacturer

R P Electronics

Date made

1970 - 1973

Valuations

Value

$20.50

General Notes

Note

QST, Oct 1970, p. 134. QST, Jan 1971, p. 137. QST, Feb 1972, p. 119. QST, Feb 1973, p. 136. One of several models ranging to up to $34.95, but this was the only shown or described. RP Electronics manufactured their RPC-3 speech compressor in Champaign, Illinois. Its low distortion circuit used bipolar transistors and FETs. The RPC-3 provided a 5–10 dB improvement in talk power.