[Heathkit] Radio Identification Help Needed, Please

23 Nov 2003 21:46:41 -0600

Hi Glen. Looks like maybe a AR-2. According to Chuck
Penson's book the AR-1 doesn't have a bandspead but
the AR-2 did have bandspread, RF gain and BFO.
Does that sound like what you have?

Dave WB0TSR

On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 21:33, Glen Zook wrote:
> The only receiver that I can think of that was built
> by Heathkit is the AR-3.  However, the speaker is in
> the left side of the wooden cabinet instead of the
> top.  It is gray in color, has a slide-rule dial, has
> a bandspread, antenna tune control, and has cloth over
> a wooden box for the cabinet.
> 
> The back was open and there never was a back panel.
> 
> Glen, K9STH
> 
> 
> --- "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I remember that it was gray, had a built in speaker
> that faced upwards (I think), had a slide rule style
> dial, main tune and bandspread, antenna trimmer and
> more. It seems to me that the texture of the rx was
> somehow unusual, perhaps a material over the cabinet.
> For some reason, I think it was a wood instead of
> metal cabinet. I may be totally wrong here! The back
> was open above the chassis and the tubes were visible.
> I can not say if there ever was a back panel that
> completely covered the rear or not, but there was not
> when I got the rx. 
> 
> =====
> Glen, K9STH
> 
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