[Premium-Rx] 1953 station redux

[PETER PATTON]

I am trying to reconstruct the station I had in college in Boston in 1953: an augmented 75A-1 and a 32V-2 (then usable only after the TV stations went off the air). The Rx was augmented by an RME pre- selector which I have located and a BC-453 Q-5er which I still need. If any of you Premium Rx guys out there have a languishing old BC-453 based Q-5er you would be willing to sell me I would like to buy it. The plan is to see how well these augments actually improved the rather poor sensitivity and selectivity of the venerable 75A-1 by comparing an augmented one to a modern premium Rx like the W-J 7811A-3 or the Collins 851S-1. Of  course, Collins solved both problems with the 75A-2 but, alas, they made the new Rx look different than the 32V series. Very bad optics for the purist!

Pete W0EWQ

peter.patton at cox.net