[Boatanchors] SRR-11 receiver questions

Sat, 20 Sep 2003 05:34:49 -0500

Really interesting.....I went to the KG7BZ site and looked at the SRR-11
manual and discovered that it was the manual that I personally scanned
page by page into .pdf format.  And I didn't find any place on his site
where
he credited others with any of the work.....

BTW, the pencil tubes turn up frequently on eBay.

73, Phil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Atchley" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 6:42 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] SRR-11 receiver questions

> Hi.
> Last night I just received word that an RCA SRR-11 (14-800 KHz, 29 pencil
> tubes) "should" be making it's way to my "Shack" in the next 2-3 weeks or
> so.  Now, in 1972 just months after I got married I got an SRR-13 (2-30
MHz
> HF cousin) from the MARS station I worked at.  Broke the XYL in "right" by
> cleaning all the modules and baking them out in her oven.  So, there is a
> little nostalgia involved in this set.  BUT, more importantly, since my
> PRIMARY DXing interest is Longwave beacons (NDB's) I'm really looking
> forward to this set to take it's rightful place in the "Beaconeers Lair".
>
> I downloaded the manual for this unit from
> http://www.kg7bz.com/Manuals.html , all 45 MB of it!  It is REALLY an
> extensive service/overhaul manual containing 495 pages.  It took nearly
two
> new ink cartridges to print and, as I figured out later would have been
> cheaper to take the PDF file down to Staples and let them print it!
>
> Of course I realize this receiver has been "decommissioned" years ago, but
> my concern is this.  On nearly EVERY page of this manual is a note that
it's
> "Restricted", doesn't say "Classified Secret" or such, just "restricted".
> There is no indication anywhere in the manual that the restriction has
ever
> been lifted (though I'm CERTAIN it has).  In my 20 years in the USAF I
don't
> recall seeing that marking on manuals (this one's a Navy Manual).
>
> Now, my concern is this.  While it is EXTREMELY unlikely, if for some
> obscure reason in this "shaky era" that we live in, if someone, official
or
> non official observed that I have a "restricted" manual what are the
chances
> of some over zealous official getting in an uproar??
>
> Now another question.  What is the general availability and usual "cost"
of
> the various "solder-in" pencil tubes used in this set?  I read somewhere
(on
> Rovero's site?" that the tubes are Long Lived, but of course any tube can
> fail.
>
> FINAL QUESTION (honest).  Speaking of Rovero.  He had some very nice
> information up on the internet on this and other receivers in the SRR
> series.  Now, trying to connect to that site ( Roveroengineering.com ?)
> shows it as a dead link.  Anybody know if it has moved to a new address or
> is just down temporally or what?
>
> 73 de Phil, KO6BB
>
> DX begins at the noise floor!
> [email protected]
> Merced, Central California
> 37.18N  120.29W  CM97sh
>
>
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