[Boatanchors] National RBL-6 is restored!

[F W Mooney]

Thanks to everyone who gave advice on my two RBL-6 connectors.  I =
received a wealth of information and several suggestions for obtaining =
them both.

For your viewing pleasure, here's two photos of what is now the COOLEST =
radio in my collection! =20

http://home.sprintmail.com/~fmooney/RBL6/rbl6-2.jpg =20

http://home.sprintmail.com/~fmooney/RBL6/rbl6-3.jpg

Thanks again to all who helped me out.  Been working this one for a few =
months now.  I'd be working on it a few months more if y'all hadn't =
shared your know-how.  Now I can spend a little hobby time updating the =
Hallicrafter Collectors website.  Or, perhaps a National web site????=20

- Fred M.  KA1DGL
  webmaster@w9wze.org
  HCI website: http://www.w9wze.org
  Search the "National Archives":  =
http://www.w9wze.org/ReflectorSearch/SearchReflectorForm.php?startList=3D=
National

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From: 	Roy Morgan[SMTP:roy.morgan@nist.gov]
Sent: 	Monday, July 29, 2002 2:26 PM
To: 	F W Mooney; 'Boatanchors'; 'Hallicrafters'; 'National Reflector'
Subject: 	Re: [Hallicrafters] Name that connector!

At 01:19 PM 7/27/02 -0400, F W Mooney wrote:
>  National RBL-6, which has two unusual connectors on the back.  Can=20
> anyone identify
>The first one is a huge coaxial cable connector for 50 ohm coax:

Fred,

That looks like the old "Navy Connector" that was used on early RAL/RAK=20
receivers and is the equivalent to the General Radio 700-series coax=20
connector.  The mating connector has a smooth cylindrical split exterior =

shell and a center pin that is a female banana socket.  Some where in =
the=20
1930's GR abandoned that system for the much improved 874 series of=20
connectors.  The connectors you need are hard to fine nowadays, though=20
persistence at hamfests may turn one up.  Luckly, most folks nowadays =
don't=20
know what they are.

>The second one is a three wire AC line cord connector.

That is a "standard"  "Twist-Lock" connector by Hubbel.  I can't tell =
from=20
your photo what the diameter is, but it looks like the smaller of the =
two=20
most common sizes.  They can be had today I think from parts=20
suppliers.  Yours has the center grounding pin and dis-similar curved=20
locking tabs for line and neutral.