[GreenKeys] period HF receivers

[Richard Knoppow]

     I will put in a good word for the RCA AR-88 series here. Excellent 
receivers and amazingly stable. You may have to do some work on one if 
you get it because they have some oil filled paper caps that should be 
replaced.
     Also do not forget the Collins 51J series, these are very fine 
receivers. The 51J-4 has mechanical filters in it so is considerably 
more expensive than the earlier versions but the earlier ones can be 
used with an external SSB or RTTY adaptor which will supply the 
selectivity.

On 5/8/2017 11:45 AM, Roy Morgan wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:10 PM, Joe Herdler via
> GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> <mailto:greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     As I have posted lately, I am in the process of setting up a nice
>     TTY (RATT) system...
>     ... as I am trying to stay in the 50's early 60's Navy radio room
>     look, I will be looking for a rack mount tube receiver, probably
>     within one or two years.
>
>
> Joe,
>
> R-390A's don't cost thousands of dollars (maybe three quarters of a
> thousand for a very nice one), but economy in your project is well
> within reach.
>
> The RBB and RBC receivers are octal tube based radios of the 40's and
> early 50's (I am likely only approximate here), and are really wonderful
> radios. Some of them are definitely rack mount. Some were not in rack
> cases but in table top cases.  None of the ones shown on the website
> below are rack mount ones, it seems.
>
> You will find more information than you can digest at this site:
> http://www.navy-radio.com/
> See this page for receivers of the 50's and 60's:
> http://www.navy-radio.com/rcvrs.htm
>
> The RBB and RBC receivers are considered WW-II radios and can be seen at:
> http://www.navy-radio.com/rcvr-ww2.htm
> with detailed info at:
> http://www.navy-radio.com/rcvrs/rbb-rbc.htm
>
> I suggest you go to some hamfests with a wheeled luggage carrier and
> about $100.  You will likely come back with a nice radio (or two!).
>
> --
> Regards,
> Roy
>
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky since 1958
>
>
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