[Johnson] What rx with your Ranger? OOPS!

[Mark Foltarz]

Quick follow up : the huge receiver that kept my Ford
Escort from blowing away during last night tornadoes
we had near Clevleand is in fact another  Hammarlund
BC-779.

Someone stuck on a Collins FRR33 tag on it ?!?

DE KA4JVY
Mark


--- Mark Foltarz <Foltarz@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> Ross,
> 
>    Honestly, it depends on a bunch of things most of
> which are entirely subjective. All do a good job of
> receiving a phone signal. However, the BC348,BC312,
> SX9 and HRO5 could use an external IF for keeping
> the
> "slop bucket" out - both SSB and competing AM
> signals.
> 
>   I just picked up a Collins FRR33(??) ( don't quote
> me here as it is still in the trunk. It is very
> similar to the Hammarlund set of WWII. In my case
> that
> is a BC779. They are rack mounted receivers with
> rackmounted external power supply.These sets should
> prove to be very satisfactory for phone / cw
> reception. And with external IF and product detector
> (CV591 for example) they would perform satifactorily
> on SSB.
> 
>   I also have the companion receiver to the
> ART13.This
> is the  ARR15. Autotune 10 channels. Almost useless!
> Poor, poor selectivity. Very ugly radio to boot  -
> there is that subjectivity again....
> 
>   One other receiver that I have been neglecting is
> a
> nicely restored National RCP. Some patient soul
> replaced every cotton wire with teflon wire. All the
> caps and resitors were also replaced. Unbelievable
> sensitivity and stability - it was a nice find. 
> 
>  There is also a  NC240 awaiting restoration.
> 
>   Finally, I have a Patterson PR-15 on its way from
> CO. It is a 1937 communication receiver. I saw one
> at
> Dayton last year but could not afford it. This
> showed
> up and I decided not to pass it up. It and the
> little
> SW3 on the shelf pretty much completes the 1930
> communication collection with exception of an FB-7.
> And I think I will live a quiet, normal life even if
> one of those does not show up.
> 
>   I have just about run out of room here in the
> house.
> 
> 
>   And the transmitter list is twice as long! 
> 
>   But to answer your question : for AM it is a toss
> up
> amongst the R390, SP600 and the 51J. But just about
> of
> them is useable. Right now my primary operating
> station is  the ART13 paired with a BC348.
> Unfortunately the 348 lacks sufficient slectivity
> even
> for AM phone. I will add an external IF to it -
> probably the BC946 ( AM band command RX.)
> 
> One of these days I'll get around to restoring ( and
> using) some of the panoramic adaptors that have been
> worked into the collection - especially the 1941
> Panoramic Radio Corp. It was the first thing I ever
> bought at the Dayton hamvention -  $5 and 16 years
> ago... Oh well, one of these days.
> 
>  73 
>  DE KA4JVY
>  Mark
> 
> 
> --- Ross Stenberg <k9cox@charter.net> wrote:
> > If you don't mind, which one is your favorite and
> > why?
> > 
> > Ross K9COX
> > 
> > 
> > Subject: Re: [Johnson] What rx with your Ranger?
> > 
> > 
> > R390 / R392/ 75A1 / 75A2 / 75A4 / 51J / 51J4 /
> AR88D
> > /
> > SX28 / SX9 / SX101  / GPR90 / NC300 / SB301 /
> HQ129X
> > /
> > HQ145 / HQ110 / SP600 / RME69 / BC348 / BC312 /
> HRO5
> > /
> > HRO50 / R4   etc.
> > 
> > One can never have "too many" radios.
> > 
> > 
> > DE KA4JVY 
> > 
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