[NJARC] RME-69 questions:

[peter A Markavage]

Joe:
There's no DC flowing through the secondary of the audio transformer.
4000 ohm connection for those "pain on the ears headphones" or 600 ohms
to drive whatever audio reproducer you want. 

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 19:00:30 EST Yardleyite at aol.com writes:
> Hello All,
>             I just  acquired a nice RME-69 without it's matching (or 
> any 
> other) speaker and was  wondering if anyone could tell me if this 
> particular 
> receiver used a choke in  series with the speaker in it's audio 
> output like a 
> Breting, etc, or many other  receivers of it's day (mid-late '30's)? 
> 
>  
> I know it's not like some National models that had external audio  
> output 
> transformers in their accessory speaker enclosures; since I see what 
> I  believe 
> to be an audio output transformer in it. It can be used with either 
> a  600 or 
> 4000 ohm speaker. 
>  
> Is a RME-69 (speaker) plug and play or will I have to add a choke  
> in series 
> with a speaker? Any information will be greatfully  appreciated.
>  
> Also, I have the matching DB-20 preselector I plan on recapping and 
> going  
> over to use with the RME-69 rx. I downloaded a BAMA manual for it 
> but was  
> curious if anyone among us who have the pair could tell me of any 
> particular  
> hookup and operational problems. It seems to me to be pretty much  
> straightforward. 
> I plan to use both in everyday operation with a similar  "period" 
> transmitter.
>                              Best  Regards,

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