[Milsurplus] Fwd: Re: RAK AND RAL RAB landed at SMECC anyone got a good link list?

[Richard]

The RBL is an excellent receiver, as good as the RAK, and has the 
advantage of a calibrated dial.  Mine was never in service, and all the 
mica capacitors were shorted or arcing.  The power supply is internal .  
A good find.

The RAK/RAL power supply has a design defect in that some voltage 
dropping resistors are nestled underneath a fiber board with no air 
circulation, and are always shot.  Also they put too much current 
through the 884 regulator as it's only regulating a half-mill load.  
It's easy to make a power supply - I've gone both ways, and it may have 
been less work to make a new one.

Richard, AA1P

On 07/21/2016 09:42 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
> Hello to all!!!  Oh WOW!   this is  good new band!  Can we run RTTY on 
> that band?
> OK looked at receivers -   I was wrong on the rXX nomenclature on 
> one.... We are still happy as they go to 15 KHz
> #1 - CND-46155 part of rak-7    made by RCA  !   Yes! seems to have 
> power supply, however, the cord  is shot. sn 1563
> #2 RBL-3  sn 363  (weird looks like flat  national knobs but made by 
> Wells Gardner. has interesting
> CHICAGO ILLINOIS  with a decorative thick walled circle on the 2 knob 
> escutcheon   on top right side knobs. Neat indeed.
> My wild  guess it was  used in  Chicago Navy radio school maybe 
> touched by  hands of Captain   Eddy? <grin> (would sent pic but do not 
> think the reflector likes it?)
> #3 some   national  dog house style  power supply  It is not in 
> grabbing distance at moment.  perhaps is for the National knobed  but 
> made by Wells Gardner RBL-3?
> Sorry  Hue  and  Brian, it was not that rare  one ... I had my letters 
> mixed.  That one would have been great to have  too!
> I like these they were a contribution to the museum project here.
> I was looking  for the low  freq companion for the RBM HF I have but 
> these  are cool... and we always seem to get things offered from back 
> east  thus the RAK shipping would be a KILLER!
> This was a drive   down the street.....
> Ed Sharpe archivist  for SMECC
>

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