Tuesday, January 13, 2015

RA17 Receiver

A recent addition to the station is this Racal RA17 receiver, which was made in February 1959 and was acquired recently from Ivor, G0PCQ.

It was a little deaf to start with and within a few days had died completely.  So I took it to the G3YHV hospital for sick radios, where Doctor Colin (who has two of these receivers) made it better again.  It is now sitting on my desk awaiting a time when I can rearrange the station opposite to accommodate it.  it is particularly lively on 40M.