[Milsurplus] Vintage LF/MF Fun with my BC-453B

[Thomas Adams]

RAKs and RALs are still out there; it's strictly a matter of luck and perseverance to find one.

I found that out in my quest to find an RBA; I finally located one at an estate sale.

I've noted that prices tend to be more than reasonable with these old pre WW2; locally, I've
seen them go for the asking. The current generation of hams just don't want to deal with the 
size and weight of these old sets.

One place to check that has been very fruitful is Craig's List; more than once I've seen estate
clean outs full of radios popping up there. 



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com>
Sent: Nov 20, 2025 10:54 AM
To: Facility <facility_406 at bruteforcedevelopment.com>
Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Vintage LF/MF Fun with my BC-453B

Hi,

I have already mentioned using RAK and R23 but I am asking once again about the possibility of acquiring a RAL to go with my RAK. I have had some mention over the years but none have materialized. There were two offered within driving distance on eBay but when I offered to show up with cash those vanished. Scam likely.

So does anybody have a RAL available. Shipping will be daunting but might be doable. Meanwhile whenever I attend a hamfest my first walkthrough is a focused search for a RAL. Maybe someday.

73,

Bill KU8H

> On Nov 20, 2025, at 11:16 AM, Facility 406 wrote:
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>> bands from 500 KC down than either of us imagined. The RAK tunes a bit higher than 600 KC, so DXing some broadcast stations was fun too. Who else has gone on an LF DXpedition, either a really remote location or even in a park? Has anyone ever heard an LF broadcast station from Europe?
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> I've only dabbled, but, yeah, the spectrum is as full there, as anywhere else, but, like anywhere else, things have dropped off over the years. Heard one station from Nevada, France I think, wasn't trying, just noticed it was there. Iceland comes to mind, as well.
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> If interested, I can forward some links to forums where LF, VLF, ULF things are discussed. A lot of chatter about some signals below 2Hz right now. Not radio broadcast, but there's stuff down to mHz, milli-Hertz, where it can take hours, days, weeks, even years, for one wavelength to pass. The longest I have looked, is a week.
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> Back when LW broadcasts were more common, many radios had that band, like MW, SW, or FM. There are still personal transmitters out there that operate in that range, so people can do their own broadcasts from a computer, or MP3 player, to their household radio. I recently picked a unit up.
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> Kurt
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