[Milsurplus] Saga of my RAL

[Marty Reynolds]

>
> At the end I found a low-level hum picked up in the detector, so I took
> out the ballast tube socket and 200 Watt resistor in the power supply
> and built in a regulated dc supply for the heaters.  It could be easily
> restored, but I cannot think why anyone would want to...  Now there is
> no hum whatever, and the set is singing sweetly.  Was it worth it?  Yes,
> success makes everything worthwhile, besides, I enjoy hopeless challenges.
>
> Richard Brunner, AA1P
>

PLAUDITS, 'way to go!

I've a $5 RAL from the '04 Hayton Hamvention.  Clean as all
get out but was passed by every surplus maven because 'audio tuner'
was awol - the variable center-freq. LC filter.

Took it home, powered it up & voila.  Results everyone claimed
were right.  Did tail-end set with the RadShack 'dsp' WF2U praises
so often - & it performed fb.

There's a lot to like in a RAL

BTW, did anyone here notice Joe 'cq calender girl' Veras wrote
up set in last issue.  W7EKB had a good half-column contribution

  Marty