designed it to wire an RCA Victor "phonograph" turntable to the radio to greatly amplify the sound. Only one cable was used as it carried a monophonic signal, not stereo. See A/V ports.

Sarnoff, who became president of RCA, had served as a brigadier general in World War II. In 1946, AFCEA was formed from the U.S. Veterans Signal Association and the American Signal Corps Association ...