Indeed David - I agree with everything in those last two paragraphs: I recall those days well.
I see it states that 'PCR' stands for Portable Comms. receiver. 'Portable'?
I think that that is open to some debate! 
Anyway, the author of that article obviously knows more about that receiver than I do, so I'll acquiesce to higher knowledge.
And so was the RCA AR88D!
I did fleetingly contemplate buying a S/H one back in the mid '60s when I was a very keen SWL, but with only a very modest income from a paper-round, such a purchase was really quite out of the question. Besides, a good chunk of that income was used to pay back the loan that my father gave me in order to buy the bike that enabled me to do the round in the first place!
Many years have passed since, of course: I'm now the proud owner of another '88D (the third one I have owned). When I am using it, I will admit that I do occasionally become immersed in waves of nostalgia: I have a lurking suspicion that that was part of my motive for buying this one. To quote Pink Floyd:
"The memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime".
Al.
(15-10-2012, 10:06 PM)Yorkie Wrote: There's a little bit about the PTR (as well as quite a lot about the PCR range) at this link, but it doesn't explain what the acronym PTR stands for:
http://www.pyetelecomhistory.org/prodhis..._PCR_PCR2_
I see it states that 'PCR' stands for Portable Comms. receiver. 'Portable'?
I think that that is open to some debate! Anyway, the author of that article obviously knows more about that receiver than I do, so I'll acquiesce to higher knowledge. (15-10-2012, 10:06 PM)Yorkie Wrote: When we look at prices of magazine adverts back in the 1950s and 60s and see such sets as 1155s, PCRs, 19 sets etc, at £10 each, they were really very expensive . . . .
And so was the RCA AR88D!
I did fleetingly contemplate buying a S/H one back in the mid '60s when I was a very keen SWL, but with only a very modest income from a paper-round, such a purchase was really quite out of the question. Besides, a good chunk of that income was used to pay back the loan that my father gave me in order to buy the bike that enabled me to do the round in the first place! Many years have passed since, of course: I'm now the proud owner of another '88D (the third one I have owned). When I am using it, I will admit that I do occasionally become immersed in waves of nostalgia: I have a lurking suspicion that that was part of my motive for buying this one. To quote Pink Floyd:
"The memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime".
Al.
