General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

STEEL CABINET, CHASSIS & PANELS/ METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

55.5 cm

Width

53.5 cm

Height

212.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RCA

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Camden

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1943-1960

Canada

A SIMILAR DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED AT 'CAMP-X' NEAR OSHAWA DURING WWII FOR THE HIGH SPEED TELEGRAPH TERMINAL AT THAT LOCATION/ MODIFIED AR88 RECEIVERS WERE USED WITH LOCALLY MFG. COMBINER PANELS ETC./ W.D.F. BAYLEY WAS THE DESIGN ENGINEER/ THE DR89 RECEIVER IS ALMOST IDENTICAL WITH THATPROTOTYPE

Function

TO RECEIVE RADIO SIGNALS OVER THE LONG HAUL, USUALLY OVERSEAS BROADCASTS/ SYSTEM USED PRIMARILY FOR HIGH SPEED TELEGRAPHY & TELEPRINTER TRAFFIC AND SOME BROADCAST CIRCUITS

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE: 'DIVERSITY RECEIVER/ MODEL DR-89/ MI-/ 17815/ RCA [LOGO]/ SERIAL/ 147/ SEE LICENSE NOTICE INSIDE/ RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA/ CAMDEN, N.J. U.S.A.'/ PLATE: 'RCVR NO.78'/ ON 2 RECEIVERS: 'RCA [LOGO]/ AR-88/ FREQUENCY 540 KC TO 32 MC/ H.F. TONE/ NOISE LIMITER'/ CALIBRATIONS & DESIGNATIONS AROUND VARIOUS KNOBS & SWITCHES

Missing

ONE AR88 RECEIVER From CA of 06/26/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing base plate for receiver .2, various wires and cables may be missing.

Finish

RACK & PANELS - BLACK WRINKLE ENAMEL/ TRANSFORMERS & OTHER MOUNTED COMPONENTS, FLAT BLACK OR GRAY

Decoration

RECEIVERS HAVE TWO CHROMED STRIPS ABOVE & BELOW TUNING DIAL/ WINDOW WITH A ROUND RED & CHROME RCA INSIGNIA CENTERED BETWEEN THE STRIPS