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Racal RA17 re-born : A trip down Memory Lane
seadog:
That's a very thorough refurb. I've just been looking on line and seen an 1154/1155 that he refurbished. Fantastic work.
awemawson:
That's why I chose him - he has a very good reputation and his refurbished radios command a premium price from the cognoscenti. Particularly with the RA17 series he has a lot of experience getting them back to at least as good a performance as when they left the factory. His next report hopefully will show the careful work getting the correct pass band shape of the complicated filters.
Mind you it's bankruptcy territory paying him :bugeye:
seadog:
I see that the most recent prices he's posted are for 2015. Has inflation taken its toll?
awemawson:
Time will tell :bugeye:
(but actually his price is quoted as of Jan 2018)
awemawson:
Ian has finished waving his magic wand over the RA17 and it is looking SPLENDID from the pictures that he has sent me.
Not seen it yet as I've asked him to do a similar re-furbishment on my RA137-1 LF attachment - waiting his response.
By total co-incidence I came across a mystery parcel on the shelf in my welding shop today, and according to the label it contains a good RA17 1ST VFO unit wrapped up by me 22/10/2002 and charged with silica gel desiccant.
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