[Premium-Rx] W-J AN/URR

[John Simon]

Many thanks for the reply Tom.  Replacing the battery was one of the first jobs on her.  Found that  she is 106 Hz high on 20 m band, will fix this later after  she has had a good heat soak.

John de VK2XGJ
I hear there's a new restaurant on the Moon,
great view but no atmosphere!



From: Thomas Adams 
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 2:51 PM
To: John Simon ; Premium-Rx at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] W-J AN/URR


At 21:24 28-09-13, John Simon wrote:

  I tried t o post an email last week but stuffed it up-.  So here's the follow up.

  Ladies and Gentlemen,  I now have in my possession a working, fully operational (bar FM!)   Watkins-Johnson AN/URR receiver.  Serial #1.
  She looks good sitting with the W-J 8718A.
  Only had her home for about an hour now so I'm going to have a play with my new toy.

  John de VK2XGJ
  I hear there's a new restaurant on the Moon,
  great view but no atmosphere!



You'll enjoy the AN/URR74 . I've had one here for about 5 years now, and it's a solid performer.
Only complaint I have is that it gets kinda noisy below 100 KHz.

One thing tho...   ASAP, REPLACE THE BATTERY, AND MOVE IT OFF OF THE PC BOARD!!! 

A leaking NiCad on that board will definitely ruin yer day...  AND the receiver!

I put in extension leads & moved it to the rear panel of the radio, held in place with Velcro.


Mr. T.    W9LBB