[R-1051] R-1051 Speakers

[paul swed]

Tom a bit of humor in all this.
I was in one of the earlier classes on the r1051. I looked it up at the
time. It could be purchased for $27,000. So that wasn't going to show up in
the ole ham shack anytime soon.
Oh and it had a oven oscillator... Well as time went by as with all
electronics it goes from $$$ to $/lbs. Fair radio had them for sale and I
could actually afford it. Years later they really were going pennies per
pound. But shipping was not attractive. There was a place in california
that had stacks of them cheap. Think it was Santa Clara.
Oh well things come and go.
The unit I have works great unlike so many other things after even 5 years.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 1:36 PM Tom Chirhart via R-1051 <
r-1051 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Paul, as a Retired Chief Radioman I think I can speak freely.. the LS-474
> is only needed by the collector that wants everything original. Same for
> the LS-206 for the die hard R-390 crowd. Most speakers with a matching
> transformer will work. Using the audio patch panels in Radio Central we
> could patch any receiver to any speaker or multiple speakers throughout the
> ship. We patched speakers to the bridge etc.. I use amplified Radio Shack
> speakers routinely but the flashback memories is why I have the matching
> speakers...
> best 73’s to all us R-1051 owners out there.. if you are headed South
> along I-95 in Virginia I might have an interest in your R-1051. Send
> photos! I’m in Virginia just 5 miles south of Quantico...
> Tom
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Nov 20, 2019, at 10:00 AM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > With respect to speakers I also use a set of high end broadcast monitors
> > for my r1051. Only because I could. But for the various BC312/348 class
> > radios its the cheap and cheerful stereo speakers available through many
> > computer stuff sellers. What works quite well are inland technology's for
> > $8 as I recall.
> > Granted none of these are official R1051 speakers. In fact aboard the
> ships
> > that I served on the radios always went to switchboards that directed the
> > audio to various locations that had a amplifier and then various size
> > speakers.
> > Regards
> > Paul
> > WB8TSL
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 8:58 AM Guido Santacana <gsantacanav at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I used to feed the audio of my 1051B into a shelf speaker through a 600
> to
> >> 8 ohm matching transformer. It works ok. Lately I have connected a small
> >> Radio Shack Mono Audio amplifier to the audio output. It provides better
> >> control of tone and much better audio.
> >>
> >> 73s
> >> Guido KP4FAR
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 9:42 AM Steve Hobensack <
> >> stevehobensack at hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Bookshelf speakers work nice. You need two of them. Use 12v filament
> >>> transformers to match impedance. Its not an exact match but close. Hook
> >> the
> >>> 120v side to the radio and the 12v side to the speaker.
> >>> N8YE
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