[HBR] Projects

[David Richards]

 Hello, all. I've been working on gathering parts for
a HBR project for quite a while, and I am getting
close to my goal and I certainly understand the urge
to get such an involving project rolling, but at the
risk of ruffling feathers, I for one, hope with
humility that this was a true junker of an RME-45. I
believe that it would be truly a shame to sacrifice
and consume a decent example of one of these fine and
unique recievers in pursuit of a homebrew project.
These and other fine, vintage radios represent a piece
of history and should be either lovingly restored or
passed along to someone else who will afford them the
respect they are due. Given that there are really not
all that many of these items left, and also relatively
few of us who have the awareness and the ability to
appreciate them, I believe that we ought to view
ourselves as stewards of these still useful artifacts
of American ingenuity and artisanship, rather than
simply as remorseless consumers.
C'mon guys, I see nice examples of dials, often NOS by
Millen and others, on eBay on a regular basis, and for
not unreasonable prices. All one needs is a little
patience.
With all good wishes,
Scott, WB8RAV

TC Dailey <daileyservices at qwest.net> wrote:
At least SOMETHING GOOD will come out of an RME-45.
I've had one in the 
shop for a while, and not ONE schematic matches the
one that's here - it's a 
cusp of a '45 and a '45B that's not to be found,
anywhere.

Take the gearbox apart, clean it, and reinstall
high-temp aircraft type 
grease (NOT LITHIUM), then reassemble - the gear
reduction will povide 
WONDERFUL bandspread, but you'd better get a spinner
knob.

TOm 

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Visit the HBR Receiver Web Site with over 100 pictures
of receivers and 
construction notes...... via http://www.qsl.net/k5bcq/

there is also a mirror (faster response)at
http://k5bcq.edebris.com/


Retrieve reflector archived data via
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hbr





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--- TC Dailey <daileyservices at qwest.net> wrote:

> At least SOMETHING GOOD will come out of an RME-45. 
> I've had one in the 
> shop for a while, and not ONE schematic matches the
> one that's here - it's a 
> cusp of a '45 and a '45B that's not to be found,
> anywhere.
> 
> Take the gearbox apart, clean it, and reinstall
> high-temp aircraft type 
> grease (NOT LITHIUM), then reassemble - the gear
> reduction will povide 
> WONDERFUL bandspread, but you'd better get a spinner
> knob.
> 
> TOm 
> 
> ************************************
> Visit the HBR Receiver Web Site with over 100
> pictures of receivers and 
> construction notes...... via
> http://www.qsl.net/k5bcq/ 
> there is also a mirror (faster response)at
> http://k5bcq.edebris.com/
>  
> 
> Retrieve reflector archived data via
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hbr
> 
> 



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