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Crystal Filter

R-4B receiver

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1967 - Price : 475 US$

GENERAL

bulletLinear permeability tuned VF0 with 1 kc dial divisions.
bulletVF0 and crystal frequencies pre-mixed for all-band stability
bulletCovers ham bands 80, 40, 20, 15 meters completely and 28.5 to 29.0 Mc of 10 meters with crystals furnished
bulletAny ten 500 kc ranges between.l.5 and 30 Mc can be covered with accessory crystals for 180 meters, MARS, etc.(5.0-6.0 Mc not recommended)
bulletFour bandwidths of selectivity, 0.4 kc, 3.2 kc, 2.4 kc and 4.8 kc
bulletPass band
bulletNoise blanker that works on CW, SSB, and AM is built-in
bulletNotch filter and 25 Kc crystal calibrator are built-in
bulletProduct detector for SSB/CW, diode detector for AM
bulletCrystal Lattice Filter gives superior cross modulation and overload characteristics
bulletSolid State Permeability Tuned VFO
bullet10 tubes, 10 transistors, 17 diodes and 2 integrated circuits
bulletAVC for SSB or high-speed break-in CW
bulletExcellent Overload and Cross Modulation characteristic

SPECIFICATIONS

bulletFREQUENCY COVERAGE: Covers 3.5 to 4.0 MHz, 7.0 to 7.5 MHz, 14.0 to 14.5 MHz, 21.0 to 21.5 MHz, and 28.5 to 29.0 MHz.
bulletACCESSORY COVERAGE: Ten accessory crystal sockets are provided. Coverage of any ten additional 500 KHz ranges between 1.5 and 30 MHz (except between 5.0 and 6.0 MHz) can be added by installing accessory crystals.
bulletSELECTIVITY: The R-4B tunable passband filter provides four passbands. With the selector 
bulletSet to .4 KHz, the bandwidth is .4 KHz at 6 dB down and 2.6 KHz at 60 dB down. 
bullet Set at 1.2 KHz, bandwidth is 1.2 KHz at 6 dB down and 4.8 KHz at 60 dB down. 
bullet Set at 2.4 KHz, bandwidth is 2.4 KHz at 6 dB down and 8.2 KHz at 60 dB down. 
bullet Set at 4.8 KHz, bandwidth is 4.8 KHz at 6 dB down and 20 KHz at 60 dB down. 
Selectivity switching is independent of detector and AVC switching.
bulletINTERMEDIATE FREQUENCIES: First is 5645 KHz with crystal lattice filter, second is 50 KHz with tunable LC filter.
bulletSTABILITY: After warm up, frequency will not drift more than +- 100 Hertz. Line voltage variation of +-10% will not cause frequency shift in excess of 100 Hertz. 
bulletSENSITIVITY: 10 dB signal-plus-noise to noise ratio obtained on any amateur band with less than a .5 microvolt signal on the antenna.
bulletMODES OF OPERATION: SSB, CW, AM, RTTY
bulletSPURIOUS RESPONSES: Image rejection over 60 dB. I.F. rejection over 60 dB on amateur bands. Internal spurious response less than the equivalent of a 1microvolt antenna signal on all amateur bands.
bulletAVC: Amplified-delayed AVC with 
bullet slow (750 milliseconds) or 
bullet fast (25 milliseconds) discharge, and less than 100 microseconds charge time.
A 60 dB change in R. F. input causes less than 3 dB change in audio output.
bulletINPUT IMPEDANCE: 52 ohms nominal
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 4 ohms to speaker, 5000 ohms anti-vox
AUDIO OUTPUT: 0.5 watt at AVC threshold, 1.5 watts maximum.
POWER CONSUMPTION: 60 watts, 120/240 volts A.C., 50/60 Hertz
SIZE: 5.5 inches high, 10.75 inches wide, 12.25 inches deep overall
bulletWEIGHT: 16 pounds.
bulletCALIBRATION: Better than _+-1 KHz when calibrated at nearest 100 KHz calibration point.
bulletHUM & NOISE: Greater than 60 dB below rated output.

TUBES AND SEMI CONDUCTORS

Symbol Type Function
V1 6BZ6 R. F. Amplifier
V2 6HS6 First Mixer
V3 12BE6 Second mixer and crystal oscillator
V4 12BA6 First I.F. Amplifier
V5 12BA6 Second I.F. Amplifier
V6 --- Symbol not used
V7    6EH5 Audio output
V8 6HS6 Pre-Mixer
V9 12BA6 Noise Blanker Amplifier
V10 12AX7A Noise shaper and pulse amplifier
Q1 2N3394 Crystal Oscillator
Q2 FET TIS34 Variable Frequency Oscillator
Q3 2N3858 VFO Buffer Amplifier
Q4 2N3877 AVC Amplifier/detector
Q5 2N3394 AM Amplifier
Q6 2N3394 Beat Frequency Oscillator
Q7 2N3394 Audio Amplifier
Q8 TIS-34 Calibrator Oscillator
Q9 2N3394 Calibrator Trigger
Q10 2N3877 VFO Indicator Driver
D1 1N483A Noise Pulse Detection
D2 1N483A Noise Pulse Detection
D3 1N483A Noise Blanking
D4,D5 1N3194 B+ Rectifiers
D6 1N3194 Bias Rectifier
D7 1N270 AM Detection
D9 1N714 Voltage Regulator
D10 1N483A Switching Diode
D11,D12 1N270 Product Detection
D13,D15 1N483A Steering Diode
D14 1N270 Switching Diode
D16 1N483A Calibrator Supply Rectifier
D17 1N483A Bias Clamping
IC1 923 Calibrator frequency divider
IC2 923 Calibrator frequency divider

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Last updated on: 24 Dec 2011