The Swedish 30K-1 part 1 The Exciter
I got a trailer full of transmitter delivered in september. A transmitter built to order by one of the "Big guns" back in the 1950's, SM5RM. It was probably built by SM5LI around 1951, who at the time worked at Standard Radio in Bromma. Standard Radio was a swedish manufacturer of radio equipment, known for the military CT-450, RA200, SSA400, and amongst others the CR300 series of receivers. The build quality is exceptional. Everything is heavy duty. High quality components from the SRT production line is used, and all of the chassis parts are beatifully crafted, panels are engraved etc. Not that I needed another project, but hey, you can't pass 400lbs when it's being delivered to your doorstep. Transmitter before it was taken apart for shipping The transmitter sports 2x813 in push-pull in the power amplifier. Modulators are also 813's. There is a 2M transmitter in the rack as well as an antenna tuner, fully metered etc. The power supply contains a big oil fi...