• 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
• 167169

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 13

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SG7 6J5 6SA7 6H6 6SJ7 6K6GT VR150 5Y3GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 735 kHz; 14 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 117; 234 / 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-LF - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New

• Shape
• Boatanchor (heavy military or commercial set >20 kg).

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

• Notes

• General purpose communications receiver with crystal filter, low frequency version of AR-88 (AR-88D). Frequency coverage 73 kHz to 550 kHz (Bands 1 and 2) and 1,480 kHz to 30,500 kHz (Bands 3 to 6). Tube types above are listed only once. Manufactured in Canada, used by Royal Canadian Air Force. Also supplied to the UK and the USSR by Lend-Lease Act in 1942-1945. See also CR-91 (CR-91A).

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 41 kg / 90 lb 4.9 oz (90.308 lb)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Reception Sets AR88D and AR88LF. EMER E772, Telecommunications. 31 Mar 53.

• 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)