[Boatanchors] just acquired Collins 51J-4

[Henry Mei'l's]

Al,

Thank you (and everyone else) for the practical information.
I'll get back with any questions I might have, when
I start working on my 51J-4.  Can't give a date --- that way I wont
have to make excuses or apologize!
I think I'll feed the IF to one of my  BC-453's and see what that
sounds like  -- will probably add  an outboard ( retro-able!) product 
detector,
and S-meter to the -453, that way I can use it for SSB on several of my mil 
BA
receivers.

Henry oz3o n2nr

----- Original Message ----- 
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 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] just acquired Collins 51J-4


> 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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