[Boatanchors] RBL-6 restoration and 600 Ohm Speakers?

[F W Mooney]

Greetings. =20

I'm rebuilding a bona fide BOATANCHOR, my National RBL-6, an old Navy =
VLF receiver I recently acquired.  7 tubes and weighs 75 lbs!

The thing looks BRAND NEW inside.  I fired it up and it actually worked =
first time.  Right on frequency too with the local 620kHz AM outlet =
right on the spot on the dial!

Very low volume though.  All tubes checked out well except the 5Y3GT, =
which was weak on my EICO 625 tube tester.  It was putting out 163 volts =
vice 192 on the B+.

The tube and caps are on the way from AES.  I'm going to replace all the =
paper caps, then I'll replace the the mica's and ceramics only by =
exception. =20

It calls for a 600 ohm speaker.  Anyone know where to get an 800 ohm =
speaker or headphones, or how to make a network to use an 8-ohm speaker =
instead? =20

- Fred M.  KA1DGL
  webmaster@w9wze.org