Racal Est. 1950 | Great Britain

Racal was founded by Ray Brown and Jock Calder Cunningham in 1950. After some difficult years Racal made the RA-17 in 1955 as part of a Royal Navy deal. The RA-17 used the then revolutionary Wadley-loop circuit.

In 1979 Racal bought Decca Radar and formed Racal-Decca. After some name changes in the 1980's and 90's, Racal was finally sold to Thomson-CSF, now known as Thales Group.

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	RA-1218 Desktop Shortwave receiver 1968-1972	RX AM CW SSB 1-30 MHz TX - -
	RA-1231 Desktop Shortwave receiver 19xx-19xx	RX AM CW USB LSB ISB 1-30 MHz (?) TX - -
	RA-1772 Desktop Shortwave receiver 19xx-19xx	RX AM CW USB LSB 0.015-30 MHz TX - -
	RA-1778 Desktop Shortwave receiver 19xx-19xx	RX AM CW USB LSB ISB FSK 15 kHz - 30 MHz TX - -
	RA-1792 Desktop Shortwave receiver 1980-1990	RX AM FM CW SSB 0.01-30 MHz TX - -
	RA-1795 Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Receiver 198x-199x	RX AM FM CW SSB 20 MHz - 1 GHz TX - -
	RA-3701 Desktop Shortwave receiver 19xx-19xx	RX AM FM CW USB LSB 15 kHz - 30 MHz TX - -
	RA-3712 Desktop HF/VHF Receiver 19xx-19xx	RX AM FM CW USB LSB 0.5-40 MHz TX - -
	RA-3721 Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Receiver 19xx-19xx	RX AM N-FM CW USB LSB ISB FSK 20-1000 MHz (down to 10 kHz with optional module) TX - -
	RA-3791 Desktop Shortwave receiver 19xx-19xx	RX AM FM CW USB LSB 15 kHz - 30 MHz TX - -
	RA-6772 Desktop Shortwave receiver 1979-1988	RX AM CW USB LSB FSK 15 kHz - 30 MHz (?) TX - -
	RA-6778C Desktop Shortwave receiver 19xx-19xx	RX AM CW USB LSB 10 kHz - 30 MHz TX - -
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	RA-6790/GM Desktop Shortwave receiver 1979-1988	RX All mode 0.5-30 MHz TX - -
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