[Boatanchors] just acquired Collins 51J-4

[Joe Connor]

Al, I'm a big fan of all your articles on that page. Those articles have taught me a lot!!
 
 
                               Joe Connor

From: Al Parker <anchor at ec.rr.com>
>To: Henry Mei'l's <meils at get2net.dk>
>Cc: Joe Connor <joeconnor53 at yahoo.com>; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 1:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] just acquired Collins 51J-4
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>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,
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>Al, W8UT
>www.boatanchors.org
>www.hammarlund.info
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>"There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much
>worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
>Ratty, to Mole
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>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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