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75A4
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Found this gem when the niece of
an SK contacted about six hams in the Seattle area by email. I had
registered my station on the ARRL website for the
2021 Field Day.
Somehow I got on her list.nitial power up using a variac showed no
problems, no smoke and even had a bit of static from the speaker. This
will be a winter project to restore it to full operation.
Check this radio works link
for more on
the 75A4
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Looked it over and this unit was
in the original box and packing and appears to be in mint
condition. No signs of wear, no scratches. This radio is widely
considered to be the state of the art design in 1955 with the
highest quality and latest design features that make it still
one of the highest quality receivers ever made.
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Ordered the instruction manual
and a book of upgrades and service bulletins
This radio employs several Collins innovations including mechanical
filters and permeability tuned oscillators.
My recommendations for further restoration include such standard
items as replacing the "7 black-death caps" and the three
"heartbreaker" micas. I'd also put in the AGC, product detector, and
audio mods. These are standard mods for all 75A-4's. |
Initial power up using a variac
showed no problems, no smoke and even had a bit of static from the
speaker. This will be a winter project to restore it to full
operation.
Check this radio works link
for more on
the 75A4 |
We also received three more ancient radios in great
shape
Here's a 32G-16 Transmitter
Introduced in 1936, the 32G was a celebration of the "6L6" tube
It used eight and was marketed as a general purpose amateur and
commercial transmitter
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32V2 Transmitter
A companion for the receiver above
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Radio Receiving Set AN/ARR-7 is an airborne search
receiver intended to locate enemy radar radio Frequency channels and
communications equipment operating in the frequency range 0.55 to 42
megacycles. This receiver is designed to be used with equipment which
will indicate visually and aurally the presence and character of
received signals over a pre-determined sector of a given tuning band.. |
R-R-45/ARR-7
Not sure what we'll do with it but any electronic countermeasures
equipment from WW2 is a find. We'll put this on the back shelf for now.. |
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