[Boatanchors] Looking for Tuning knob for Rycom R1307/A receiver

[Philip (KO6BB)]

Hi Gary et al,
Thanks, mine  isn't in quite as nice of condition as the one on that web 
page (I wish it was ;-)   It's S/N 827, and I suspect that it was built 
in 1969 as that's the date code on the Xtals.   It is still in quite 
good condition though.  The case is slightly warped and the front panel 
very slightly bent in one corner (probably at the same time the spinner 
was broken off the tuning knob, taking a fair sized chunk of knob with 
it.  

This one  was basically a gift from a local ham who spotted it at a fest 
for an almost give-away price (the owner had no idea what it was used 
for), and he knew my interest in NDB's and other things "LF", and got it 
for me.  I did give him a couple things I had here that he liked,  
including an active antenna for LF through shortwave bands.  I'd built 
it and it's the same unit that many of us use for NDBs and other 
longwave/mediumwave work.  He said the antenna works better than what 
he'd been using.

It works well, although I had to do the usual DeOxit treatments etc, 
then fix an intermittent meter movement.  It would cut out if the panel 
or meter was tapped.  I found that carefully tightening up the nuts on 
the back of the meter took care of it (it was internal to the meter, not 
external).

While I hated to do it, I replaced the factory AC input connector 
containing the integral line filter as I couldn't locate a proper power 
cord.  It had a two wire cord tacked on to the two AC pins and the first 
time I plugged it in and started to connect the coax antenna lead 
(connected to my station ground) it nearly threw me across the room.  
The chassis was floating at nearly 60 Volts above ground (half the AC 
line Voltage).  I nibbled the round hole the connector had been in just 
enough to put a computer type 3 wire power socket WITH internal filter 
in it's place.  Otherwise the set is entirely original!   
73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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Gary Pewitt wrote:
Wow Phil, that's really a nice looking set.  I hope you find a good knob 
for it.
73  Gary N9ZSV