RCI 69 base

[nomadradio]

I wish they would go back to lead solder and bipolar RF finals. But as an old fella once told me "Wish in one hand and $h1t in the other. Then see which one fills up first."

Turning back the clock never quite seems to happen. Probably a good thing for the most part.

73

 

[Handy Andy]

That makes two of us...

Turning back the clock never quite seems to happen. Probably a good thing for the most part.

Maybe not turn it too far back...
...Just enough...
To get my Order from Amazon in a reasonable amount of time...
...help me get the still useable equipment working...
So I can use up the spare parts still left on my desk.​

 

[Slowmover]

That makes two of us...

Maybe not turn it too far back...
...Just enough...
To get my Order from Amazon in a reasonable amount of time...
...help me get the still useable equipment working...
So I can use up the spare parts still left on my desk.​

Somewhere between that picture and before streetcars disappeared, your Radio very likely could have been made locally.

That’d be the ideal.
In just about everything.

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[Handy Andy]

Somewhere between that picture and before streetcars disappeared, your Radio very likely could have been made locally.

That’d be the ideal.
In just about everything.

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There is nothing like the local sourcing - even if it's the Truck Stop that has the latest and greatest from Galaxy...

 

[Kingshadow]

I know in the mobile they make the mirage MX-36HP3 with the irf-520's, then the Superstar ss-36hp3 with the rt1's. Same main pcb, actually identical with the difference only being the mosfets used. The mirage claiming 50 watts and the superstar claiming 60 watts.... I'm willing to bet there's only some bias and capacitance changes. For a supposed +10 pep I don't know that it's worth the difference especially if once it's cleaned up you end up with the same 50 pep. For a short while I owned the ranger 39vhp with those rt1's and I'll say that thing would really talk but the final section was 1 520 driving 3 rt1's for about 80 watts pep. Not that it really matters much but curiosity kills me so I can't help but wonder what those transistors really are because we all know ranger doesn't design or produce semiconductors so they have to be a relabeled part.

You guys are very interesting and I enjoyed reading the things you had to say but there seems to be a lack of information that might be helpful for me as a c beer maybe you guys are all hams and you don't care about CB of Sullivan I'm sorry I even bothered you

 

[Handy Andy]

You guys are very interesting and I enjoyed reading the things you had to say but there seems to be a lack of information that might be helpful for me as a c beer maybe you guys are all hams and you don't care about CB of Sullivan I'm sorry I even bothered you

Actually, we are glad the RCI is still working on, and using - older Discrete and boards.

Not sure what you mean by "lack of information"...

Not everyone here that uses a CB is a Ham, not is every Ham a CB'er - so we respect their position...

Welcome to the Forum.

 

[S&W357]

Welcome to the forum Kingshadow

 

[Eldorado828]

You guys are very interesting and I enjoyed reading the things you had to say but there seems to be a lack of information that might be helpful for me as a c beer maybe you guys are all hams and you don't care about CB of Sullivan I'm sorry I even bothered you

I don't guess I understand what experience you're referring to but as for myself I'm far from a ham, cb'er all the way. There's lots of information throughout all wwdx maybe it just wasn't in this thread discussion. Ask away and someone here will have some kind of an informative response.
Welcome to the forum anyhow

 

[Slowmover]

I don't guess I understand what experience you're referring to but as for myself I'm far from a ham, cb'er all the way. There's lots of information throughout all wwdx maybe it just wasn't in this thread discussion. Ask away and someone here will have some kind of an informative response.
Welcome to the forum anyhow

X2

Welcome also.
Reading around in here is educational.
(Truck-driver CB user).

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[Jim1428]

What's the latest on this radio? One of the locals here has one coming,
I am curious if the transmitter has been cleaned up.

 

[Riverman]

The specs for the RCI 69 Base state100 watts out, but the RF Power dial on it only reads to 50. What am I missing?

 

[barefootindian]

The specs for the RCI 69 Base state100 watts out, but the RF Power dial on it only reads to 50. What am I missing?

A pure guess on my part, but would the power dial perhaps need to be recalibrated or some other adjustments made to give out the specified RF reading.

 

[Riverman]

A pure guess on my part, but would the power dial perhaps need to be recalibrated or some other adjustments made to give out the specified RF reading.

I don't know, but I wouldn't think so. At first I thought, Ah! It reads %, not watts! Then it occurred to me, it only goes to 50%!

 

[BJ radionut]

only goes to 50

I doubt it's linear anyway(the pot) but how about 0-50 = (2x) power??? 50 on dial=100w
25 on dial = 50w...like I said I would not expect that pot to be very linear in operation

What's the latest on this radio?

RCI-69 Base
AM/FM/SSB/CW
...Discontinued...

GEEZ $550 to $650 USD for one of those!!! and it only covers 10 meters
Don't think any further comment required.

 

[BJ radionut]

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