[Milsurplus] RAL on HF

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 28 Jan 2017 at 22:40, howard holden wrote:

> Never tried the RAL on 15 but it works well enough on 20 to copy SSB 
> fair if you're good at riding the regen control. So in all likelihood
> it would do fair on 15 for CW. You just have to remember it's 75+
> years old!  Used the RAL most every Saturday for years at the USS Ling
> until 2010.  
> 
> Howie WB2AWQ

I used my RAL on every ham band and on MARS frequencies. It worked just fine at 15 
meters. I used the original power supply which has that 300 watt ballast tube in it, and never 
had one bit of trouble with instability or drift.

I don't even know what you folks mean by "...riding the regen control...". I set it just beyond 
the edge of oscillation for SSB and CW, and once set, I never had to touch it, unless I 
moved far enough in frequency that it needed a bit of a "tweak".

For AM, I set it just below that point of oscillation, and left it there too.

Why would I have to "...ride the regen control..." ?

Perhaps you mean the band-spread control, which ONLY exists in the RAL, and is not a part 
of the RAK.

But even if that is what you meant, I never had to ride that control when listening to SSB 
signals either, unless THEY were drifting....like with a Swan...

Ken W7EKB

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