[Boatanchors] RCA AR-60 Part 2

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:22:12 -0500

Hi Al, Paul, all,
Below is a link to my AR-60T. It has the original tube lineup but no
limiter.
The bandspread has a paper overlay with the frequencies used by Gobalcom
when it was used commercially.
Wish I had the time to safely try it out.
http://www.hvinet.com/rjmattson/ar60t
bob...w2ami

iginal Message ----- 
From: "Al Klase" <[email protected]>
To: "Paul Bodifee" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] RCA AR-60 Part 2

> Hi Paul,
>
> It's nice to see the pictures.  I think the limiter does
> look like a factory job.  Output limiters were common on RCA
> sets, acting as AVC for CW operation.  Limiters appeared in
> the RAB, RAX, RAL, and the AR-60's apparent brother the
> AR-67.  So it doesn't surprise me that they added one to
> this set.  That corner of the chassis was vacant, just
> waiting for an addon.
>
> The '67 is in a similar cabinet and covers 75-1500 KHz with
> a 65 KHz IF.  Front panel is markedly different: different
> dial, no bandspread control.
>
> I can't find any documents on the AR-60 beside the QST ad
> and an article in Radio magazine.
>
> Al
>
>
>
> Paul Bodifee wrote:
>
> >.... Instead of the tubes 6C6, 6D6, 6B7 etc the following tubes are used:
6K7,
> > 6F7, 6B8 etc.....
> > Another change is we have a 5 position output limiter.
> > (also some parts are missing here)
>
> -- 
> Al Klase - N3FRQ
> [email protected]
> Flemington, NJ 08822
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