[Boatanchors] Re: Collins R-388 BCB mods

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Actually, the R-388 wasn't a hacked up design (and it isn't a 51J-4).  The 
51J was "proper" only if you wanted to use it with a Lo-Z source.  It was built 
to sell to well healed civilians who couldn't imagine any antenna other than a 
coax center fed dipole.  The R-388 wasn't.  There is nothing improper about 
designing a radio to work as intended.  The input of the R-388 is proper 
because that's what it's only customer wanted, needed, ordered, and most importantly 
to Collins Radio paid for.  It was built to use in the later model 
AN/GRC-26's, not in some high-end suburban neighborhood.  And it works just fine with 
the end fed wire mine is tied to.

In a message dated 10/2/2007 10:03:10 PM Central Daylight Time, 
ai2q at roadrunner.com writes: 
> >The fact of the matter is that the R-388 and 51J-4 are hacked up designs. 
> >The original 51J had proper low-impedance windings on the RF coils.  The 
> >later top-coupled scheme was done at the behest of the military to better 
> >accommodate short whips.  The R-390 has both kinds of inputs.
> >

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