It's also one of the most "fun" receivers to operate. Used one at the USS Ling in NJ for 11 years. Just a great receiver and built like a battleship. Sure wish I had one now!

Howie WB2AWQ

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From: milsurplus-bounces@mailman.qth.net <milsurplus-bounces@mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Ken <kgordon2006@frontier.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 8:58 AM
To: Ray Fantini; milsurplus@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] BC-652 Ad Nauseam

Yes, Ray, I always found the comment on the RAL to be particularly amusing: being a very "economically challenged" young ham, I used an NIB RAL-7 as my main station receiver for around 12 years for every mode, and found it to be a superb receiver. I still consider it to be the finest HF TRF receiver ever built.

My ONLY complaint with it was the non-existent frequency read-out.

I also had an RAK. I used it to copy the VLF Navy stations for code practice. One thing I was surprised about was that the RAK provided "single signal" selectivity: the "other side" of "zero-beat" simply wasn't there. I still don't know how RCA accomplished that.

Ken W7EKB



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-------- Original message --------
From: Ray Fantini via Milsurplus <milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>
Date: 6/6/24 07:13 (GMT-08:00)
To: milsurplus@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-652 Ad Nauseam

Many may regard the authors comments as derogatory but I find them entertaining.
Especiallly like the comment on page 71 of the manual with regard to the RAL.
Ray F/KA3EKH

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