Help Me! What's That?? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

stefano · 14th Jun 2008, 10:48 am

Hi guys.. my dad's dead 3 weeks ago

, he had the RCA radio shown in the picture below.. He told me a lot of years ago that he found it on a US world war II jeep. Is it true? how much is that radio worth? It is completely working..
What kind of specs does it have? Please help me!!

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...s/DSCN1645.jpg

Sean Williams · 14th Jun 2008, 6:58 pm

Sorry to hear of your loss.

It is an RCA AR 88, and very unlikely to have been fitted to a Jeep!

It was used as ground based communications reciever, and they are generally well regarded.

As for a value, this depends on how badly messed internally.....

I see a modification on the front panel, just below the wrong meter......

So, anywhere between £30.00 and £100.00 - most of this will depend on who is going to buy it - shipping this radio is going to be extremely expensive, so it will need to be someone local to you!

Hope this helps

Sean

Skywave · 15th Jun 2008, 12:02 am

Yup - it's an RCA AR88 - but it could be the AR88D or the AR88LF. Depends on the lowest tuning range: I can't quite make out from the pic. which one you have there.

Incidentally, is it my eye-sight or is the main tuning knob not original ?

Whatever, it's a fine SW comms. receiver and the changes we can see would not trouble me if it was for sale and I was interested in buying it. But - as has been said - shipping costs could be prohibitive

Al.

Racalfanatic · 21st Jun 2008, 7:48 pm

That's an AR-88D.

Darren-UK · 23rd Jun 2008, 7:32 pm

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14th Jun 2008, 10:48 am	#1
stefano Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Turin, Italy Posts: 1	Help Me! What's That?? Hi guys.. my dad's dead 3 weeks ago , he had the RCA radio shown in the picture below.. He told me a lot of years ago that he found it on a US world war II jeep. Is it true? how much is that radio worth? It is completely working.. What kind of specs does it have? Please help me!! http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...s/DSCN1645.jpg

14th Jun 2008, 6:58 pm	#2
Sean Williams Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: St.Ippolyts, Hitchin, Hertfordshire QRA IO91UW Posts: 3,517	Re: Help Me! What's That?? Sorry to hear of your loss. It is an RCA AR 88, and very unlikely to have been fitted to a Jeep! It was used as ground based communications reciever, and they are generally well regarded. As for a value, this depends on how badly messed internally..... I see a modification on the front panel, just below the wrong meter...... So, anywhere between £30.00 and £100.00 - most of this will depend on who is going to buy it - shipping this radio is going to be extremely expensive, so it will need to be someone local to you! Hope this helps Sean __________________ Engineers make things work and have spare bits when finished

15th Jun 2008, 12:02 am	#3
Skywave Rest in Peace Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chard, South Somerset, UK. Posts: 7,457	Re: Help Me! What's That?? Yup - it's an RCA AR88 - but it could be the AR88D or the AR88LF. Depends on the lowest tuning range: I can't quite make out from the pic. which one you have there. Incidentally, is it my eye-sight or is the main tuning knob not original ? Whatever, it's a fine SW comms. receiver and the changes we can see would not trouble me if it was for sale and I was interested in buying it. But - as has been said - shipping costs could be prohibitive Al.

21st Jun 2008, 7:48 pm	#4
Racalfanatic Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 105	Re: Help Me! What's That?? That's an AR-88D.

23rd Jun 2008, 7:32 pm	#5
Darren-UK Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, UK. Posts: 4,061	Re: Help Me! What's That?? The Moderators feel this thread has now served its purpose and is therefore now closed.