[MRCG] RU Receiver Series Info and Parts Wanted

[AMillerTKX at aol.com]

Very cool Mark. Looks like an excellent example. I've always admired the RU 
 GF set and like so many surplus radios the 'ham' reputation needs a grain 
of  salt added. I once saw in a wharehouse a purpose built AC supply 
designed to run  a whole RU GF LM setup. Probably for training class I'm guessing. 
Cant  remember who got it but it's around someplace. Good luck and keep us 
posted.  Nice pics to! 
 
 
In a message dated 7/27/2013 12:13:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
nf6x at nf6x.net writes:

I just  unpacked my new RU-19 set. I'm pretty excited about it! According 
to the  tuning chart on the tube cover, I have all of the original tuning 
units except  for range F. The pile includes a mismatched dual-range tuning 
unit that covers  range F, but I can't tell yet whether that one is made for 
the RU-19 because  of dataplate corrosion. Best of all, except for that single 
mismatched tuning  unit, all of the components have matching serial 
numbers! Radio, tuning units  and dynamotor are all marked with serial number 8002. 
If a range F tuning unit  with serial number 8002 turns up, I'll certainly 
want it. The contract date on  my set is April 21, 1941.

The pile included a home-brew power supply,  which I don't plan to use. I 
plan to configure the set as originally as  possible, using the dynamotor 
supply. There's at least one modification that I  need to figure out and un-do, 
because there's a toggle switch mounted on a  bent piece of sheet metal at 
the lower right corner of the radio's front  panel.

I have the mating connector for the radio, but not for the  dynamotor.

I don't know how many months or years it'll be before I get  it on the air, 
but it'll be cool once I have the whole GP-7 + RU-19 rig  working.

I'll probably post pictures on my web page sometime this  weekend.

-- 
Mark J. Blair, NF6X  <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/

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