[Milsurplus] FW: What can you tell me about the acorn?

[Joe Connor]

 Rob, Fair Radio sells those acorn tubes, and they're not expensive at all. All those receivers you mentioned are a lot of fun to restore and play with. Extremely well-built. 
                            Joe Connor

    On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 03:24:43 PM GMT-4, Robert Kilian <robertkilian at ostechnologies.net> wrote:  
 
  There's a Hallicrafters R44/ARR-4 (VHF airborne search receiver) in my collection that has a JAN-954, 955, and a couple 956s in it.  Apparently this is a repackaged & militarized Hallicrafters S-36A, and the Navy RBK is another version of the same which also incorporates the 955 (and 954 & 956).
 
 Rob Kilian
 K6RBK
 
 On 4/28/20 11:56 AM, Hubert Miller wrote:
  
 
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Boys and Girls, this gentleman, member of the NWVRS antique radio club in Portland, Oregon, sent me this note. 
 
The only WW2 radio I am familiar with that used acorn tubes is the TBY.
 
How about you ? Any comment ? Your information will be useful !
 
-Hue Miller 
 
  
 
  
  
From: Dick Karman 
 
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 8:17 AM
 To: Hubert Miller 
 
Subject: Re: What can you tell me about the acorn?
  
  
   
Hey Hue,
   
  
   
Do you remember anything about the RCA 955 tube?  The Acorn? Just Wondering. Stay safe.
   
  
   
Dick
   
  
   
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:03 AM Dick Karman  wrote:
  
   
Hey Hue,
   
  
   
How are you doing - "trapped at the coast?"  Are you staying healthy?  You have nicer scenery than us who dwell in the city, believe me.
   
  
   
I'm running this 1934 story about the development of the "Acorn" tube in the BALD LETTER (attached). But it leaves us at 1934. What can you tell me about where the tiny tube went during WWII?  Did it keep getting used? (It was named the 955 by RCA, but I find very little mention of it after the war.) I'd like to publish your memories in the Bald Letter, so I'd appreciate it if you'd send them my way (and maybe not post them on the e-group  :).
   
  
   
Thanks,  Dick and the Way Radio Was
   
   
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