I too have always liked the look of the RAX.  And in my set, I do use it on the MRCA CW Sunday nite net, using
the trick of using the -1 receiver as a Q-5er for the  -2 receiver. I also had a BC-652 for a while, and it also
is a neat receiver, and I think it may be a bit more selective than the RAX, but wound up parting with
it as it just didn't fit in with the rest of my collection.

One thought, though. The BC-348, BC-652, RAX unit 2, and bands 3 and 4 of the ARB all use 915 kc as an
IF.  Anyone know of any others?

Would be interesting to know what led to use of that particular IF frequency.

Jack Antonio
WA7DIA


On 2/14/2022 2:46 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:

I always really liked the looks of the RAX. It was kinda, love at frst sight. The BC-652 has rather similar style but of course is much more robust - and heavy ! (  my simple way for beginners to determine whether ground or air equipment: can you stand on it, with no harm done ? ( imagine doing this, rather than actually performing such test. )).  What really sunk the RAX hook for me was the article, " The Secret Weapon" by C. M. Stanbury in Radio-TV Experimenter magazine, which included a small low-res photo of its lovely blavk hulk. The idea was, you link RAX #1, the LF,  to your Halliscratcher etc. SWL grade receiver, as an outboard IF - audio. Dispensing with the rest of your SW rec. except for its front end. You could accomplish this easily by just wrapping a few turns around the rec. mixer tube out to the RAX antenna.

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