• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1942–1953 ?

• Category
• Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167222

• • 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 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

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

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

• Power out
• 2.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: CR-88 - 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 built to military specifications. Further development of famous AR-88 with additional crystal phasing control on the front panel. Continuous frequency coverage from 535 kHz to 32 MHz in 6 switched bands. Tube types above are listed only once. Rack version CR-88A was used by US Navy as Model CRV-46246-B. Last version CR-88B arrived in 1951 and had both crystal filter and crystal calibrator.

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• General Purpose Communications Receiver, Model CR-88. RCA, Camden, NJ, USA

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 5122 models, 3225 with images and 4156 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)