[Premium-Rx] FCC Receivers

[Dave Emery]

On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 09:21:00PM -0000, Michael O'Beirne wrote:  

> A propos Randy's posting, I saw many years ago in QST a pic of an FCC
> monitoring station with an RA17 bang in the middle.  I guess it would
> have been the American RA17C-12 version with the S meter circuitry.

	For what it is worth, I have (and still use) a Collins  851S2
with a full set of mechanical filters, ISB option and 1 hz tuning that
was FCC surplus.   Bought it back in 1991 from a NH ham who got it from
his son who had some connection with the FCC.   More or less completely
original except for some **sh*** who substituted a KWM-380 tuning meter
with a ham type S scale for the correct original tuning meter calibrated
in DB.

	851S1 and 851S2s were very rare early models of the HF 80 family
with a real honest to God tuning dial rather than the digiswitches of
the HF-8054 - but unlike the later HF 80 family tuning dial reciever
they do not have the DSP or LCD displays.

	Mine seems to have a custom IF output modification for some
purpose...

	My guess is that at least at some point the FCC used them
(possibly late 70s to early 80s or so).

	
> Best wishes
> Michael
> G8MOB
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   Dave Emery N1PRE,  die at dieconsulting.com  DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass 02493