Just have to mention that you boys don't have the foggiest idea of what a"heavy" radio is!
Use to own the Comanche transmitter made by Radio Laboratories, now that was a heavy piece of equipment. All tubes with a power transformer that had to weigh at lease 50 lbs. The rig must have weighted at lease 100 lbs total.
Had the matching receiver, the Apache, and that thing alone had to weight 50 lbs. Again all tubes and wires. My operating table was made from 4x4 planks and 3/4 in plywood. Also had the SSB converter, a unit outside the transmitter that weighted 28 lbs.
Traded it all in on the Drake C line in 1973. Not to sure, but I think this equipment out weighted the R-390's. Willis Old Fort, TN
Greetings everyone, Nice touch on the Extremely Heavy Radio e-mails, Bob and the group. Mine don't fall in that category, hence the Pleasantly Plump moniker. #1 is a Grundig Satellit 800 Millenium weighing in at 14-15 pounds. #2 is an Ace Type V Regenerative Receiver manufactured by the PrecisionEquipment Company, Powel Crossley, Jr., President. The radio itself doesn'tweigh that much, but I suspect that coming up with a 200 volt DC power supply will be the back breaker. P.S. if anyone has info on how to use it, they would be forever in my gratitude. Joe -- 73 de Joe Miller, KJ8O, Troy, MI -- Grid EN82 -- ------ WOW! Homepage (http://www.wowway.com) ------
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