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tom osselton:
Firing torpedos from the loo are we? :coffee:

awemawson:
Today ParcelForce brought me the RA137A-1 LF adapter - all the way from Alicante :thumbup:

It seems unharmed by the experience, but the seller is on the naughty step as the special Plessey 3 pin mains plug and lead were not included, despite being illustrated and (thank goodness) specifically mentioned by me as a note in the Paypal transaction. Hopefully he'll do the decent thing and send it on, but this is where 'pay after receipt' with Paypal comes into play :ddb:

A brief examination shows it's not in too bad condition. The complicated tuning cord / pulley / drum arrangement can lead a grown man to tears if the cord comes adrift, but this one is intact.

No signs of ham fisted poking about in side thankfully - in fact there are no signs of components having been replaced in the past, which is a 'good thing'. As would be expected, measuring a few random carbon resistors they have aged somewhat and are in the main higher by 20% than they should be. I will probably replace them all, along with most of the capacitors.

Now I need to source a replacement Table Top Case that will take both the RA17 at 10.5" and the RA137A-1 at 3.5" so a total of 14" in a 19" rack - I think that's a '7U' an '8U' case but stand to be corrected. (I was wrong!)

. . . can't try it of course until the RA17 is back from it's visit to the health spar and returns refreshed.

Pete W.:
Andrew,

I bought a three-pin Plessey Mk IV free socket from an eBay supplier to be able to connect mains to a CT signal generator. I should have the PayPal receipt archived somewhere - if I can find that, it'll tell me the supplier's eBay ID.

I'll have a dig in case your Iberian bloke doesn't do the right thing. (I take it you've thoroughly checked all the packing material!!)

Pete W.:
Having trundled my way through about six years of PayPal receipts, I found no trace of the Plessey Mk IV connector transaction - maybe I paid him with a cheque.

Sorry!!

awemawson:
Cheers Pete. There are a couple on eBay at the moment (on my watch list) but the seller 'says' he's sending the missing cable.

I've given him a time limit before I cancel the Paypal transaction to concentrate his mind :poke:

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