[Milsurplus] RAK

[Charlie L.]

A friend, Jon, K1VVC in Greer, SC, robbed all the knobs off an RAK he
bought just for the knobs.  I bought the knobless rig from and and restored
it  Jon wanted the knobs because they are identical to the knobs he needed
for an old 1920/30 RCA broadcast TRF.  I used standard knobs on the RAK
until I found a junker and swapped the correct knobs onto the one I got
from Jon a decade or more ago.  The RAK on a homebrew PS I bult to run it,
complete with the mysterious regulated 90 volts,   and the RAL with correct
PS I got from Brian, KN4R,  are still working very will.  I use the RAK in
winter for NDB searches and other things of interest, but the RAL usually
sits on one of the WWV freqs.

Both those receivers are just works of art to me, with all the cast
aluminum parts especially that tuning cap, the totally encased coils
saturated in wax.  They don't make 'em like that anymore, for sure.

Charlie W4MEC in NC
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