[R-390] Racal RA17L repairs

[Bob Camp]

Hi

For some reason unknown to all the R-390 even though it is of the same 
vintage as the RA.17 does not seem to suffer quite as badly from the 
carbon composition resistor problems. We have our crummy black beauty 
capacitors and they have their resistors *and* capacitors.

I don' know if the Brit's just bought cheap resistors or if it's 
something else.

	Take Care!
	
		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ

On Jul 8, 2004, at 8:55 PM, Tom Norris wrote:

> AB Bonds over on the boatanchors list just spent several
> months refurbing one. Two words "never again". Seems
> all the parts are mounted on little boards inside that
> are perpendicular to the chassis. None of the components
> are accessible unless you remove the whole board, he says.
> Also on his it appears that in his particular receiver nearly
> all the resistors were out of spec by at least fifty percent,
> some much more, and all the caps were leaky.
>
> Plays like new radio now. He did a wonderful job
> with it and he had more patience than I would have
> had.
>
> I think he is close to being released from his stay at
> the "inpatient facility." with the padded walls and the
> funny jacket. Kept mumbling random things with a British
> accent like "valves" and "colours" and "metres"...
>
> Hopefully Roy had better luck!
>
> heehee
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
>> 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?
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