[ARC5] REAL regen receivers RAL/RAK.

[Henry Mei'l's]

So my mother wasn't the only one that ditched things.
If the stuff looked like junk -- out it went -- including the somewhat 
weathered  cardboard cover from an Edison phonograph cylinder.
Luckily for me, she tolerated my other gear but I had to know how to stash 
"junk" away.

I've always wanted to get hold of an RAL/RAK receiver - was thinking of 
building an updated homebrew version.
I often add variable regeneration to IF stages in my tube receivers.

Henry, OZ1UF- Cph.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D C *Mac* Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To: <wrcromwell at gmail.com>; "ARC-5 Mail List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 1:47 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] REAL regen receivers RAL/RAK.


>
> Actually, the quality of the parts in the Walter Ashe
> line seem to have been pretty good.  Millen coil forms,
> Hammarlund variable caps, Stancor transformer and choke
> for the power supply.  My mother apparently pitched the
> transmitter and receiver after I left for the Air Force,
> but I still have the power supply that I built in 1953!
> I used it for many projects over the years.
>
> The whole line, receiver, p.s., and transmitter with
> one crystal (7277 kHz) and one coil form each for TX
> and RX ran just a hair under $50 plus shipping.  I got
> the receiver kit for 1953 Christmas gift, bought the P.S.
> kit with paper route earnings of about $4/week, and the
> transmitter from paper route tips on New Years Day.
>
> Grandpa had an old crystal headset for me.  I even used
> the rig on Sweepstakes in Nov 1954.  I was the only Novice
> to take part from the WNY section, but my results made it
> into QST.  There had to be at least three entries to get
> a certificate from ARRL.
>
> 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5
> Oklahoma City, OK
>
>
>
>
> From: wrcromwell at gmail.com
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 16:46:16 -0400
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] REAL regen receivers RAL/RAK.
>
> D C *Mac* Macdonald said:
>
> The Walter Ashe regen receiver (WAR-25) using one section of a
> 6SN7GT as the detector and the other section as an audio amp
> worked pretty well for me as my Novice receiver. If I remember
> correctly, the cost of the kit was about $15. I built it in our
> kitchen using a soldering iron/copper that I had to heat in the
> gas stove burner for each connection!
>
> I listened to quite a bit of SW broadcast stuff, too.
>
> 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5
> (Since 30 Nov 53)
> Oklahoma City, OK
>
>
>
>
> Hi Mac,
>
> The kits I had were flimsy plastic and solid state. The tuning cap in
> one that I remember was a compression cap of all things! I tried to
> build the 6SN7 regen I found in a copy of the ARRL Handbook. I did not
> have good enough materials, good enough building/troubleshooting skills,
> nor any help. I used them but when I compared them to any superhet I was
> convinced they weren't serious radios.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill KU8H
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