[Boatanchors] Acquired a 'dream rig' Collins 51j-4

[Karel Jennings]

Excellent, that's a fantastic start, and thank you.

On Fri., Jun. 3, 2022, 2:07 p.m. W2HX, <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:

> You may want to install a product detector so you can use it with SSB. As
> it has a 500 kHz IF you might have a hard time finding an external product
> detector but I think treetop circuits might have something. There is also a
> Dallas Lankford modification to add SSB to a 51J4. That is what I have in
> my 51J4
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
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> -----Original Message-----
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> boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Karel Jennings
> Sent: Friday, June 3, 2022 9:14 AM
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> Subject: [Boatanchors] Acquired a 'dream rig' Collins 51j-4
>
> Well, Thanks to a very good friend in the USA, I just won a Collins 51J-4
> in the Schulman auction.
>
> It's intended to be the companion receiver to the Central Electronics 100V
> that I'm in the midst of refurbishing.
>
> So, I'll do the usual going over the radio etc etc.
>
> Is there anything that is a known pain point with these rigs? Like caps
> that are known to go bad etc?
>
> --Karel VE3KJX
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