[R-1051] Speaker hook up

[paul swed]

Well that was the easy check.
>From this point its far more complicated and I can't really help a lot from
remote.
Perhaps others have some tricks.
Whats your location.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 1:27 PM GRIECO <tgrieco at optonline.net> wrote:

> Well Paul it was on COMP so switched it to INT as you said but no
> difference
>
> On June 24, 2020 at 12:54 PM paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> First check is the frequency module. Switch it to internal.
> Many of the r1051s were run with an external frequency reference.
> Beyond that it does get complicated and those crazy radio cost far too much
> to ship and deal with these days.
> Regards
> Paul
> WB8TSL
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 10:44 AM GRIECO <tgrieco at optonline.net> wrote:
>
> I have a LS-206 in line at the moment and can hear a dull hissing sound.
> Meters only twitch as I rotate the mode switch but no signals coming
> through. I do have a good antenna up .
> Using headsets and same sound. Switched around the audio modules and the
> volume came up slightly after that and down a bit when switched back. My
> abilities are very minimal and this is killing me. Open it up and the smell
> is mesmerizing in a good way !!
> As I said before I would love to be able to ship to someone who can get it
> right. Shame to leave it on the shelf.
> Tnx
>
> On June 21, 2020 at 6:10 PM paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
>
> A lot of good input and whats really nice is the answers shared will all
> work.
> Now the question can you see the meters moving at least on WWV with a
> reasonable antenna?
>
> >
>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 4:47 PM Geoff Fors <Geoff at wb6nvh.com> wrote:
>
> I have several R-1051B's and use the military LS-206 dual speaker panels,
> which have a 600 ohm transformer each side. This produces room filling
> volume and I have never found the need for an amplifier. Nor did the
> navy
> when these were in use, such as my experience at Skaggs Island.
>
> Those with access to an audio wattmeter will notice that the audio from
> most
> stereo amps when being listened to is in the milliwatt range. Turned up
> to
> the several-watt level means discomfort and the 50-100 Watt level means
> shattered windows.
>
> The audio output connectors on the cabinet rear were considered auxiliary
> in
> nature. I suppose it is possible that some runs didn't even wire them.
>
> Geoff
> WB6NVH
>
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