• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

• Year
• 1942–1945

• Category
• Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 108202

• • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

• Number of Tubes
• 13

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SG7 6J5 6SA7 6H6 6SJ7 6V6GT VR150 5Y3GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 110; 125; 150; 210; 240 / 6 & 250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Power out
• 2.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: AR-88-F - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Rack

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 490 x 280 x 490 mm / 19.3 x 11 x 19.3 inch

• Notes
• Specialized communications receiver with crystal filter and additional IF gain control for diversity reception. Continuous frequency coverage of 535 kHz to 32 MHz in 6 switched bands. Rack version only, used in RCA DR-89 diversity reception sets (3 receivers in common rack with monitoring unit, tone keyer and loudspeaker assy). Tube types above are listed only once. DR-89 racks have been supplied in quantities during WWII to the UK and the USSR by Lend-Lease Act in 1942-1945. AR-88-F receivers were quite common at USSR amateur radio operators in 1950s.

• Source of data
• Communications Receivers

• Mentioned in
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Instructions IB-25927-2. TM11-889. Diversity Receeiving Equipment (RCA Model DR-89). December 1945.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Shortwave Receivers - Past & Present (3rd ed.) ((1) Diversity Communication Receiver, Type DR-89. RCA Victor, Camden, NJ, USA. (2) TM11-889)

• Author
• Model page created by Valery Gromov. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5131 models, 3234 with images and 4167 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)