[Boatanchors] ITT Mackay 3010C

[Raymond Cote]

Yes ditto on the 3010C belts. I removed one from the ship I was on in the 70's and it has been collecting dust and saving wear and tear on the belt. Aboard ship it was on my bridge as a general SWL receiver but I knew the belt was the askink so I took the fuse out and mounts my 51S1 on the counter for the bridge watch to use. When the ship was sold I removed the radios from the bridge and the radio room TTY equipment
 

> On Aug 31, 2014, at 11:09, "Sandy Blaize" <ebjr37 at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> Dear SWL,
> 
> be EXTREMELY CAREFUL if you find a supposedly "nice looking" Mackay 3010 receiver!  Two things are EXTREMELY important and require the utmost of attention on your part.
> 1.  The dial drive "belts" have a tendency to rot and start disintegrating and eventually break.  The receiver is totally useless without these belts and no exact replacements exist (or have existed for quite a few years).
> 
> 2. The semitransparent fibreglass dial belt that runs on 16 mm motion picture film sprockets VERY frequently will have it's sprocket holes enlarged and not be readable within 2-3 khz or more. This occurs if the radio officer whose ship had this receiver "scanned" the band back and forth a lot causing the lateral enlargement of the sprocket holes and eventually parting the belt and rendering the frequency readout system useless.  TO MY BEST KNOWLEDGE, there are no replacements and none have been available for some time unless you run into a savvy radio operator who ordered 2-3 spares and stored them in his parts locker!
> 
> The receiver has some rather neat features, but can be a real bear to find special parts for.  Unless you find a pile of them in a warehouse and you are able to pick and choose, especially to see what condition the parts referred to above are shot or broken or worn out.
> 
> Good hunting!
> 
> 73,
> 
> Sandy Blaize W5TVW
> Mackay Radio New Orleans for about 20 years.  I retired just before the Radio Officers were eliminated from the crews!
> 
> 
>> On 8/31/2014 1:45 AM, SWL wrote:
>> 
>> I'm looking for a good ITT Mackay 3010C
>> 
>> Marine receiver**
> 
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