[Boatanchors] 51J's vs R-338's?

[peter markavage]

Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] 51J's vs R-338's?

Ham Radio Mag had a Bill Orr article on replacing the 6BA6 BFO tube in
the 51J3 and replacing it with a 6BE6 and adding and changing a few
components to provide the BFO and product detector function. This change
was done to the R-388 that I have and it works very well. With it, you
don't have to ride the RF and audio gain controls all the time. There's
also a number of MC-1496 balanced modulator product detector circuits
floating around for various receivers that can be used in boatanchor
receivers.

Pete, wa2cwa


On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 14:07:06 +0000 "Eugene Hertz" <ehertz at tcaf.org>
writes:
> Hi there. Is it my imagination or do 51J-4's go for more money (on 
> upay) than R-388's? I understand them to be the same receiver, but 
> seems on ebay if they say 51J they go for more money...?
> 
> Anyone ever put a product detector in a R-388? How does that set up 
> compare to a 75A-3 with product detector or 75A4?
> 
> thanks!
> Eugene