[Milsurplus] RBC

[Nick England]

Well, just to defend the honor of the USN, it was the Navy Dept., not the
War Dept (Army), that paid for the development and acquired the RBA/RBB/RBC
receivers. I don't know what the development costs were. Anyone? Federal
Telephone & Radio for the RBA, RCA for the RBB and RBC.

April 1940 initial production contracts - Approximate costs (with spare
parts)
$3000 for RBA (Federal)
$2700 for RBB (RCA)
$2400 for RBC (RCA)

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Mike Durff via Milsurplus <
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Hue:
>
> I bought the whole array of RBA, RBB & RBC a few years ago after I read
> that RCA was told by the war department to build the best receiver they
> could. The story goes that they hired or borrowed 17 engineers from top
> manufacturers at the time. I think they cost $3-4 thousand each in 1940
> dollars!
>
>
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