[Boatanchors] just acquired Collins 51J-4

[Al Parker]

Hi Henry, Joe, et al,
	Joe, thanks for your endorsement.  I saw Henry's first note and really 
didn't realize I'd done so much work on R-388's.  I do like them very 
much, I guess next to SP-600's ;-)  The PTO span is the major issue 
usually, and bathtub caps are usually leaky.  You do need to watch the 
bias voltage, it tends to go too much negative with our higher line 
voltages, a bucking xfmr is useful to help that, but it may not be as 
much of an issue at Henry's QTH.
	A product detector makes them a great ham-band cruiser, and doesn't 
detract from AM.
	Now that my BBOD filled leaky memory has been refreshed, I'd be glad to 
try to answer any questions you might have, Henry.
73,

Al, W8UT
www.boatanchors.org
www.hammarlund.info

"There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much
worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
Ratty, to Mole

On 5/15/2011 11:45 AM, Henry Mei'l's wrote:
> Thanks Joe, this is the kind of information I had in mind.
>
> Regards,
> Henry M
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: Joe Connor
>    To: Jim Wiley ; Henry Mei'l's
>    Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>    Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 5:16 PM
>    Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] just acquired Collins 51J-4
>    Henry:
>          Here's a page that contains some interesting accounts of restoring R-388s and a 51J4. It gives some good ideas on issues to watch out for.
>    http://www.boatanchors.org/
>
>                            Joe Connor
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