[R-390] Racal RA17L repairs

[Barry Hauser]

RA.17 UC?  I have several of the RA. 17 C12 which were Uh-Canadianized
units -- actually I think they were made in Canada in the first
place - -with some Canadian tubes -- which are the same as US tubes, only
... well nevermind.

Unfortunately, all but one was truly Canadianized -- by the military which
had yet another idea about de-mil-ing.  They clipped out all the tubular
caps (and a few others) in the process, apparently on the assumption they
contained PCB's.  I doubt if any of the missing caps had any PCB's.  Some of
the oil-filled components left on the units might have some.

I'm sure they meant well.  Look at it this way, the first half of the
recapping job is complete.

Maybe that "UC" means US/Can, or maybe it means Un-Canadian?

Seriously, though, there were apparently quite a few variants of the RA. 17.


Barry






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Morgan" <roy.morgan at nist.gov>
To: "Bob Camp" <ham at cq.nu>; <JGolden365 at aol.com>
Cc: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Racal RA17L repairs


> At 10:36 PM 7/7/2004 -0400, Bob Camp wrote:
> >Hi
> >
> >There is a Racal list you might want to try as well. ...four posts in the
> >last month  ... don't have much humor over there either ....
>
> Ugh. Is it the British heritage?
>
> ANY way, I would be happy to engage in a thread on the RA.17 (notice that
> is R ... A ... dot ...  one seven.)
>
> I have one here, a model RA.17 UC.  This is an Uh-murrikan-ized version
> with US tubes and some modifications.
>
> Any info on this variant welcome.
>
> Roy
>
>
>
> >What seems to be the matter with the radio? Maybe between the bunch of us
> >here we can figure it out. Since the RA17 was a direct competitor to the
> >390 it's close enough to being on topic. It's certainly closer than the
> >keilbasa thread ...
> >
> >         Enjoy!
> >
> >                 Bob Camp
> >                 KB8TQ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Jul 7, 2004, at 9:22 PM, JGolden365 at aol.com wrote:
> >
> >>Among all you experts in repairing R390A's is there anyone near
Rochester, NY
> >>who feels adventurous enough to take on a Racal RA17L?