[Milsurplus] What is the difference between a RBM and RBS receiver?

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Mon Feb 13 14:57:14 EST 2017


At 01:00 PM 2/13/2017, Jim Hill wrote:
>I am preparing to take a 2-11.4 Mhz RBM receiver to the annual SCARS 
>auction, held this coming Saturday 2/18/16 in Orange, CA.  I would 
>like to include an instruction manual, but need it for my other 
>RBM.  I have a RBS manual, but no RBS receivers.  I made a quick 
>check, and the RBM and RBS appear to be the same.  I'm assuming that 
>they are the same except for minor differences like the name tag, 
>but used with different systems.  Am I correct?

YES   (also, your RBM has an upper range of 20 MHz, of course)

The only difference was the power supplies for each.  RBS ps had an 
additional 10 Watt audio amp included while RBM used ps only.
But the RBM supply can be used on both.

Perry   wau 



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