i had one of these years ago, before i was a ham, and kept it a couple years after my first license in 1990. However at some point 10 and WWV went out. Never figured out the problem. However if i had the money to pick another one up i would.
I had one of these for awhile, and was frankly dissapointed. At the time this was sold, "everybody else" had leaned towards the popular crystal mixing scheme used by Collins, Drake, etc. RME was still using the old non-crystal oscillator circuits. It was, however, "hot"
When I was young, I had an RME 4350, bought used from WRL. It had the dreaded dial reduction failure, fixed by using 2 little Jackson(?) ball reduction drives. These were hot receivers, in their day, and could be had cheap. I built my own external BFO/ product detector, easily added thanks to the jacks on the rear for the "sideband adapter" which I never had.
I have 2 of these old girls, and they make for a wonderful listening experience. I was fortunate to obtain the 6901 speaker on ebay recently, and am in the process of restoring it.
It is so good to see these wonderful old receivers preserved.
Presently, I have a RME 69, and a RME 4350 I want to restore, and intend to post some videos in the future.
Nice job! Hell, around here, 15 meters sure isn't open at 10pm!
bob, KC4TEO
LesbianVampireLover 2 years ago
AJ4BP
I recently acquired an RME 6900 and I am looking foward to bring it back to life. This will be a test of my technical skills.
JESSYJOEL 2 years ago
i had one of these years ago, before i was a ham, and kept it a couple years after my first license in 1990. However at some point 10 and WWV went out. Never figured out the problem. However if i had the money to pick another one up i would.
ilovenbcnews 3 years ago
I had one of these for awhile, and was frankly dissapointed. At the time this was sold, "everybody else" had leaned towards the popular crystal mixing scheme used by Collins, Drake, etc. RME was still using the old non-crystal oscillator circuits. It was, however, "hot"
fourfortyroadrunner 4 years ago
When I was young, I had an RME 4350, bought used from WRL. It had the dreaded dial reduction failure, fixed by using 2 little Jackson(?) ball reduction drives. These were hot receivers, in their day, and could be had cheap. I built my own external BFO/ product detector, easily added thanks to the jacks on the rear for the "sideband adapter" which I never had.
fourfortyroadrunner 4 years ago
Thanks for the demo!
I have 2 of these old girls, and they make for a wonderful listening experience. I was fortunate to obtain the 6901 speaker on ebay recently, and am in the process of restoring it.
It is so good to see these wonderful old receivers preserved.
Presently, I have a RME 69, and a RME 4350 I want to restore, and intend to post some videos in the future.
73s de KA4PNO
KA4PNO 4 years ago
I have never seen one of these recievers , interesting . I see you tuned in one of my AM buddies Tim WA1HLR from Maine . 5 stars and faved . 73s !
KF4QKR 4 years ago