Dave & Ed - Looking through the year of QST 1940 I find that RCA ran full-page ads for the AR-77 from March through December. I don't have 1941 QST and I have not had a chance to look at 1939 yet. Here are a few of the ads which ran in 1940: http://www.hamnutz.com/w1eof/ar77/
73, Mark W1EOF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ > The full-page ads for it --- around 1940-41 in QST --- make for > interesting reading. One VERY rare option for it was a HUGE bass-reflex loudspeaker > assembly. Most impressive. <SNIP> > ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ