[today’s run: 3 slow miles]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few years ago I was at the ham fest swap meet in Jackson Mississippi, sitting at a table selling some of my surplus radio and electronics stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was winding down toward the end of the event. The guy at a nearby table was trying to unload some Collins receivers for an estate over in Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve always been interested in old Collins receivers. The closest thing I have owned was a military R390 made by Collins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway, he had 2 receivers left and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse so I bought the pair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recently I printed off the manual and schematic for the older one, a 75A1. I took it out of it’s box (which is actually a transmitter box) and put it up on the bench. I can see that someone has replaced some of the bathtub capacitors in the past. But there are still some old paper electrolytics in there. And there is one tube missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So yet another project to work on when I feel like it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n