• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Racal Engineering / Instruments / Electronics Ltd., Bracknell

• Year
• 1957 ?

• Category
• Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 97230

• Number of Tubes
• 23

• Valves / Tubes
• 6AU6 ECC189 6AS6 6688 6BE6 6BA6 6AL5 5V4G

• Main principle
• Wadley-Loop principle (including dual superhet); ZF/IF 40000/2500 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100-125 / 200-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2.5 inch = 6.4 cm

• Power out
• 0.05 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: RA-17C-12 - Racal Engineering /

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 482 x 267 x 510 mm / 19 x 10.5 x 20.1 inch

• Notes
• General coverage receiver 980 - 30000 kHz, AM, SSB (BFO).
  IF bandwidths 0,1 / 0,3 / 1,2 / 3 / 6,5 / 13 kHz (-6dB), linear analog readout 1 kHz. 100 kHz calibrator.
  Export version of the RA17 Mk III for the North American market using American tubes and connectors, S-calibrated meter and hoher audio output.
  Some tubes are partly several times present, find more informations below.
  US military designation AN/URR-501A.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 30.5 kg / 67 lb 2.9 oz (67.181 lb)

• Source of data
• Shortwave Receivers - Past & Present (3rd ed.)

• Mentioned in
• Racal Handbook, Rinus Jansen

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 113 models, 62 with images and 18 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Racal Engineering / Instruments / Electronics Ltd., Bracknell