[Boatanchors] Expecting a 'new arrival' here (Scott RB-2)

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While I don't necessarily disagree with Drew's "tip", especially as the mod 
is already done, the Navy RB-2 dates to 1923, long before the 6V6 came out. 
 And covers 10-100 KC.  What receiver are you actually getting?

In a message dated 5/19/2010 11:19:50 PM Central Daylight Time, 
drewrailleur807 at yahoo.com writes: 
> On his soon-to-be delivered Scott RB-2, Phil wrote:
> 
> [snipped for brevity]
> 
> While I haven't seen it, it's supposed to be nice and clean, no rust
> etc, BUT with one mod, which I will probably reverse.  Someone removed
> the 6V6 audio output tube and installed a circuit board containing PP
> 6AQ5s and a phase inverter 12AX7, mounting it to the holes where the 6V6
> tube socket was mounted.  He said the job was so nicely done he thought
> it was "factory".  I told him no, it wouldn't have been factory. . .
> 
> ...Any information and/or tips you can give me would be welcome.
> 
> Don't know if you'd call it a "tip", but I'd be tempted to keep the audio 
> mod in place and acquire the parts to reverse it in case I in the future 
> somehow really felt so inclined.  The PP 6AQ5's will, if done correctly, 
> provide quite superior audio to that of the stock single 6V6.
> 
> Drew
> 

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