[Milsurplus] RBB receiver

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 27 Jan 2016 at 10:25, Robert Nickels wrote:

> On 1/27/2016 10:03 AM, Joe Connor via Milsurplus wrote:
> > I wish I was near Joliet!
> 
> I'm a few hours away but I hope else someone takes advantage of it. Many 
> years ago a local ham tried selling an RBB at a hamfest where I poked 
> around it and decided I didn't want it even at the low price he was 
> asking, mainly because I didn't know anything about it. Later that day I 
> found it sitting in my driveway with a note to the effect that I'd shown 
> more interest than anyone else ;-)

Ha ha! What a real blessing, though! :-)

> 
> After a while I hacked out the connector and put some power to it and 
> was blown away.   It's the best MW receiver I've got and I've got some 
> good 'uns!  Does nicely on 80 and 160 too.     The quality and stability 
> of construction is unequalled,

Absolutely. As I said, I have regretted having to get rid of mine ever since, 
and that was around 1970 or so.

> but "one is enough".

Yes. They are quite large, and two of them (RBB/RBC) take up a LOT of 
bench space, not to mention the large power-supply.

I have toyed with the idea of setting up an RAK/RAL pair, but the same thing 
holds true for those: too big.

Ken W7EKB