EH Scott RCH Navy Ship Tube Receiver Ham Shortwave Radio Demo

[VoxPandemonium]

I was surprised to hear that you actually painted the lettering on by hand, because it looks excellent. How did you do it, any special method and what paint did you use? I want to try this with an old rbb/rbc combination. Great video -thumbs up - thanks for uploading.

[TheLegoboy1997]

I heard BT on the first beacon and GR on the second. These are called NDBs, or non-directional beacons, which are used for aeronautical and (sometimes) marine navigation. BT is located in Battle Creek, MI on 272 kHz and GR is either in Fort Hood, TX on 323 kHz or Iles-De-La-Madeleine, Canada on 370 kHz.

[mnpd007]

Nice job. Reminds me of the early 70's when a friend and I would go to a local Army/Navy surplus store and buy their supply of Bureau of Ships TCS-13 receivers... for $5 if you can believe it. They didn't need re-capped or repaired; only a 120VAC power supply which we'd build on an upside down bake pan. Best I can remember, every one of those receivers worked except one which needed the BFO circuit fixed.

[patrickthepipe]

the strange noise on band one is the rubbish from switch mode power supplies

[TheTerlingua]

I hsave a RCH also . The power supply 4 MFD electrolytic cap which side is the B plus side . is it the latter near the chassis or the outter from the base of the cap ????? Help  :( Kc5mip Txradioman@att.net

[SUPERDAVIDLEVINE]

I could never see the life of me my amature radio was deregulated no need for morse coe even the military does not use it and a buch of tecknical imformation tahdt went basck to the 20,s when hams built there own equiment and with saterlite comunications thre ismore spae on the spectrum I don,t think above standard broadcast is used for of any thing then thee is coast if there were morehams well I think the cost of equipment would go down I and the tuning iss now al diditl

[gadget73]

nice piece. I have an SLR-12B, which was the "morale" receiver version. Its not as nice as the RCH, but its still a nice piece. EH Scott built some of the best radios money could buy before the war, and their wartime production was just as good. I have a post-war 800B that i've refurbished and a pre-war Allwave 15 that is on my list of projects. Both are just amazingly well built.

[kirwinjd]

I have the exact RX! I just pulled it out of storage for the first time in 20 years.

It was my first piece of equipment when I got my ham ticket.

Thanks for sharing this. Do you think it's worth restoring?

[KC8YOQ]

I have a BC 342n receiver that I restored and now works great! Great old radio! those beacons are NDB from airports around the world!!!

[blogbat]

Hand-painted the numbers back on? Wow. Exquisite job.

[central807]

I believe this radio was one of two different receivers used as part of a larger Federal 167A transmitting set.  It was designed to limit spurious emissions and stray oscillations to prevent enemy submarines from tracking a ship carrying these radio equipment.

[martinimetford]

I just acquired a very nice one of these, and would like to add the impedance step-down transformer so I can use standard 8Ω speakers. Can you give me the particulars on the model of xfmr you used? Nobody seems to carry 600:8Ω matching xfmrs anymore.

[transconductor88]

Incredible!! Very nice work !! Love to see top-notch restorations like this.

[kageykenny]

The RCH was also nomenclatured as the SLR-F, which was the identical receiver. I had one as a young ham, and really loved it. I have two more now in the queue to be restored. Ken Gordon W7EKB

[Lockbar]

Very interesting. Nice rebuild job.

[imjustpassinthru]

I seem to recall seeing piles of those Navy shortwave radios in war surplus stores in the 1960s. I should have picked up a few when I had the chance. I'll be they're rare now.

[atw9955]

I own an E.H. Scott model RCH that I bought from a WWII vet in 1977. The radio was in service on a light carrier. It was my primary SW RX through my teenage years and went into storage when I was in college. It was a great sw rx, and the am audio was fantastic. Your video has inspired me to resotore mine!

[clagwell]

That is very nice. Your video has motivated me to purchase a vintage piece next time I go to the local radio swap meet.

BTW, how did you repaint the numbers? Was it stenciled? Looks very original.

[sxcHideki]

totally awesome, but is it actually legal to have that awesome unit around and working. nice found tho.^^

[Longstreet77]

There has never been a law to prohibit such items here in the US.

Are certian kinds of recievers outlawed in Japan?

[sxcHideki]

not sure, i always thought its against the law to have tech that is able to decode military stuff or police. i really dunno.

[CelticReject]

When you say things like 40meter, what does that mean. Like I have seen aerials that are 6M,2M and 70cm?? is that something to do with frequency?

A fantastic piece of history you have there. Thanks.

[HobieTyourtube]

Great work----------to "resurect "old gear from WW2-and make it work to specifications------shows that our grandfathers knew about "performance".

That tuning mechanism and flywheel effect-is nothing short of-perfection.

Nothing is left to chance?-the construction is solid-that's why they weighed "so much ?

Your restorative "mods "are-great

Steve.

[dlab500]

Hi Steve, I appreciate it very much Sir. I enjoy working on the tube equipment. All of my Ham gear is tube type. A friend of mine was in the Navy. He is now running the RX in his shack and loving the booming AM!

[newtownards1]

hi sir,i like the old ones,i have a yaesu fr 101 and love to sit in my shack and listen to the bands,great video and the receiver just great,best regards from william,n.ireland