[HBR] another homebrew receiver

[john]

I've got a NOS dial...can you provide pix?

Thanks
John



At 04:35 PM 8/24/03 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Cliff White wants to swap another homebrew receiver. Turns out, it is not
>an HBR. It's from an article in the March 1956 QST (mine don't go back
>that far). It is a double conversion 1600Khz IF and 85Khz IF, band
>switching 80/40/20/15/10 receiver with an Eddystone 898 dial. Pictures
>are available if you are interested. 
> 
>It has a cabinet with three large holes in the lid for ventilation and
>the usual dust and dirt from storage.
>The upper toggle switches and the knobs on the upper right and left are
>bent and have slight front panel  
>       indentations (dropped at an angle ?).
>The 898 dial turns smoothly and only looks age worn and the paper has
>spots. 
>Everything is there, tubes, etc. 
>Self contained power supply inside, requires external speaker.
>Construction looks OK, not great, not bad. 
>Looks like he used the internals and housing from a TV tuner for the band
>switch which is from another QST
>        article in that time frame, according to Cliff. 
>Cliff has a letter from the original owner with his schematic
>modifications and the first two pages of the
>        original article.
>I have not powered the unit on.   
> 
>Cliff wants to swap for an excellent condition, unused, Eddystone 898
>dial. Shipping is whatever FedEx charges plus $10 for packing, packaging
>materials, etc. 
>
>73 Kees K5BCQ
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