[Morrow] Any life on here?

[Bob DeVarney W1ICW]

Wow !

Thanks for all the wonderful replies already. It's amazing to realize 
just how rare these radios I have are, especially since I have the 
RTS-600S AC power supply as well.
The biggest detriment to mine is the fact that both dial glasses are 
broken. I plan to get all the cases resprayed at the same time by a 
local body shop who also helped me massage out a dent in the front panel 
of the power supply from where it got dropped. And yes, I sure do love 
the fact that the lettering is embossed in. I will probably replace the 
dial glass with lucite or plexiglas. Not original, but available since I 
have to do both.

Ray Morrow was, in many ways, ahead of his time with these radios. For 
instance the use throughout of phillips-head screws which were uncommon 
in 1958. And the fact that all fasteners were treated to a dabbledoyah 
of loctite as befits a mobile radio. It really is too bad that there 
isn't more of this stuff to collect.

I do know of a ham who is looking for a parts donor MB-565 transmitter. 
He is repairing a damaged gear in the VFO drive of a radio that belonged 
to his Elmer and unfortunately neglected to take adequate photos of the 
layout. I'm trying to nurse him along with such diagrams as I can make 
up, but I know he'd be interested in either an MB-6 receiver (he 
currently has the converter for RX) or a parts donor MB-565 transmitter.

His call is W3ST and his email is collinsradio at comcast dot net.

And K7DDG, yes, I'd LOVE to do a sked on 40 once I get mine up and working.


Thanks and VY 73 de W1ICW


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