[600MRG] RAKs and such

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Rudy,

My RAK is all original AND I use the original power supply. We can pull 
the ballast tube out of those (unless we are going into naval combat). 
That leaves a pretty much standard B+ with a voltage regulator - two of 
the three original tubes. You just unplug that ballast tube put and is 
someplace 'safe'.

If I didn't have the original supply I would be using something like 
what you have. In fact, that's what I have to rebuild so I can use my 
command receivers again. Somebody on one of the other lists - maybe Nick 
England - posted information and pictures of the connectors a while 
back. Somebody figured out how to roll his own. I'll see if I can dig 
that info out of the archives. Somebody else said he found a few on 
eBay. If you have the pictures and part numbers that might help. One of 
those came with my RAK and I have never taken it apart.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 11/03/2014 12:37 PM, Rudy Severns wrote:
> Those are some interesting mods for these old receivers.  Both my 
> RBA-1 and my RAK-7 are pristine, with no mods so I'm pretty loath to 
> mess with them. I don't even want to change the antenna connector 
> which brings me to a question:  does anyone have a source for the 
> cable ends that plug into the antenna jacks? If not the connectors at 
> least a good picture of one so I might fabricate something.  I have no 
> memory of what they looked like.
>
> I would also love to have one of the P/S connectors for the RBA. Right 
> now I've kept the original female connector on the receiver and just 
> inserted pins as a jury rig.
>
> I have the original P/S for the RAK but I don't use it.  I've built up 
> a separate more modern supply with various outputs which I can use on 
> several different receivers.  I use the same connector for each 
> receiver but connect only those pins with voltages unique to a 
> particular receiver.
>
> 73, Rudy
>
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