[Milsurplus] SRR-13 basic questions

[Hubert Miller]

So i bought yesterday an SRR-13, a receiver whose format and look i have long considered really cool.
I had one briefly around 1990, but i didn't want to get involved with it and i just shipped it to another fellow.
One thing i like is that the high band is 24 - 32 MHz, compared to 16 - 32 MHz for the R-808 and 14 - 29 MHz
for the R-274. ( I took a look yesterday at a Lafayette HA-800, a basic solid state ham band receiver of the
"Lafayette class", which means not in the Drake, Kenwood, Yaesu class ham equipment; i noted that on
15 meters, the dial markings are actually better on this $100 ( ca. 1990, new )  radio than on the $975 ( ca. 1956,new ) R-274. )
Anyway...

  1.  Why is the SRR-13 so darn heavy? I was very surprised, lifting and moving it.
  2.  Those fragile "arms", are those the 'extensions'  for sliding it forward from the cabinet? If broken, is that some kind of deal
breaker, or can you still live with it, and use it?

  1.  Is this hard to service, i mean with the module construction? ( I have never even opened one up. )

I have recently overbought an R-808, SX-73, ARR-41, and the SRR-13.  The R-808 will have to go, as i'm turned off by the alignment
requirement to remove the RF and IF sections and cable them back to the mother chassis - requires finding connectors - i'm told
these are same as in old Tek tube scopes - and making up jumper cables for them - a hassle that turns me off.
The SX-73 i can admire but, no dust covers on this one, plus the 20 and 15 meter band dial resolution is not good.
ARR-41, i haven't looked at the manual but  i really don't like mechanically complicated machines. I think about how simple the
Lafayette HA-800 is inside and the thought relaxes me instead of  burdens me. I don't care at all about contests, competitions etc.,
it's just the fun experience that i'm after. OH....i also bought the CONAR Novice Twins. All this stuff is gear i would never be motivated
enough to buy where it had to be shipped, but it was local and right in front of me. The CONAR Twins had enough technical limitations,
but i don't care; they're quite compact and i can either keep them or not, no big deal.  ( I also have the 'ARRL Novice Twins' with the
2x 6AQ5 regen receiver, and the Weskit one-tube Novice transceiver. Very relaxing to just think about those. )
Your  input is welcomed.
-Hue Miller
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