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dave · July 23rd 11, 01:36 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

On 07/22/2011 02:25 PM, wrote:
On Jul 22, 8:20 am, wrote:
On 07/21/2011 08:04 PM, wrote:

On Jul 21, 12:56 pm, wrote:
Boatanchors were fun when electricity was 2 cents a Kilowatt hour. I've
had 2 [ea] R390-As, a Westinghouse branded RA-17 series, RCA 18 Mhz
receiver from the War, BC-348, etc. Got it out of my system. Still use
tubes for music.

...a Westinghouse branded RA-17 ? Are you joking ??

A RACAL radio with a Westinghouse procurement contract tag is no joke.

So Westinghouse bought it from Racal in order to re-sell it to the guv-
mint ?

R10xx/URR

RACAL on the front panel, Westinghouse on the procurement tag. My
model had 2 front ends with common oscillators, for diversity use. Thing
weighed 90 pounds without the power supply. An extremely quiet and
sensitive receiver. Used a roll of 35mm film for the kilocycles scale.
Used about 32 tubes as I recall. First use of collett knobs ever noted
by this reporter.