• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Racal Communications Inc., Silver Springs MA

• Year
• 1958–1962 ??

• Category
• Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 97413

• Number of Tubes
• 25

• Valves / Tubes
• 6AK5W 6ES8 6AS6 6BA6 6688 12AT7 6BE6W 6AL5 6AQ5

• Main principle
• Superhet, double/triple conversion; ZF/IF 40000/2500 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

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

• Power out
• 1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: RA-6117A - Racal Communications Inc.,

• Shape
• Rack

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 483 x 277 x 510 mm / 19 x 10.9 x 20.1 inch

• Notes
• Coverage 980 - 30000 kHz, AM/SSB with BFO, linear analog readout (ca. 1 kHz). Standard bandwidths are 0,1 / 0,3 / 1,2 / 3 / 6,5 / 13 MHz.
  Professional general coverage receiver with "Wadley-Loop" technique, US - made variant of the model RA-117. This set uses a third IF stage, is equipped with an external / 2nd VFO input (can be controlled by transceiver MA79 or decadic frequency synthesizer MA350B), and has higher AF output power.
  Some tubes are partly several times present.

• 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.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 12 models, 4 with images and 0 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Racal Communications Inc., Silver Springs MA