Nice one Nick. The right addition to your collection. I was watching on one for myself but don’t have the space you have. Would be cool to see some more ssb and cw in action as well as the features like fast and slow avc, noise limiter, and bandwith. 73! Diego
@@IZ0MTW thanks Diego! I will get on the new videos, all I needed is a little push! Thanks! I put one up late last night after I figured out how to calibrate the dial tape (khz) and the BFO
@@ATOMSHAMRADIO agreed. I am not impressed with the current stuff yaesu is making. I had a ftdx101 and wasn’t happy. It disabled all of the controls when you were in AM mode.
@@Veso266 if you mean the connectors in the bottom, right hand corner, those are for the original direction finding equipment. That equipment is no longer inside the radio.
@@dieselten01 oh, how was that suppose to work U plug some device to connectors, and then what? Can you source that equipment somehow so u have a complete set?
I had an old reel to reel tape deck that had a tube like that for the volume/level indicator rather than a needle gauge. This was in 1966 and it was d then. Pretty cool.
Does the 9500 have a lever under to adjust free spin on tuning knob like R75 does? I enjoy that little bonus. Nice to adjust from easy to turn to hard so ya don't bump it. TY for sharing.
How does it compare to Ten Tec 340? Thoughts? Do ramble, I want to know all. Wished I had one of each and a good site with a superb antenna. Imagine what these would do say up in Dakotas or Iowa (here) in tural setting with no noise around on 100-foot plus tall towers with antennas to match. My dream one day. For now R75 will have to do.
@@AldoSchmedack you should look through my video library. Click my name then click videos. There are about 100 radio videos comparing hi end receivers including the 9500, 340, and the 75. Also many others
Hi great video, I had one of these when I started swl when I started work , also rca ar88 too with matching socks speaker and had the proper tuning tools too. 73 mark G8rde
Our radio club at Garendon secondry school had one of these. Procured by our Science teacher Douglas Doughty who served in Bomber Command during the war.
Also I have a 9500 also bought it from DX engineering it will be 2 years old this July. Also apparently they have been officially discontinued Icom is no longer selling or making these receivers any more. I am anxiously waiting on any news for the next replacement model probably a R-10000. Does anybody have any news on the next model or a good place to check for latest greatest rumors.
The Direction finding tubes were removed from most of them, it used a turnable loop antenna with a cross pointer meter connected to the R1155 which crossed pointers when the loop was on direction
Sick, no way, we love you and this video... 🙂 One hour to warm up??? Could be weak tubes and weak filaments in the tube.. If the tubes were to test good, then the Voltage used to heat the filaments could be low.. You are going from 120 volts to 220 volts??? Is the output of that step up transformer 220 volts Under Load.. What is the amperage rating of the step-up and what is the draw from the radio???
@@myradiovideos the seller told me it was a 240volt power supply. You can read the power output on the red converter I am using in the first 2 videos. I think it says 234 volts out while in use. Is 6 volts low enough to make a problem?
@@dieselten01 6 volts should be ok. But 1 hour warm up is not correct IMHO . But it is what it is. BTW if the radio is off what does the output voltage read??
@@arcticradio after 80+ years it has had many changes. If you watch my first video I show the name plate with serial number under the tuning knob. It says R 1155A
Nice to see one of these old girls again. I had a couple of these in the 1970's. Lovely old set's. They were manufactured by E K Cole (ECKO) here in Malmesbury UK. They were probably made extensively throughout the UK by different manufactures, during the war years as they were fitted to lots of different aircraft . I believe they were also used in tanks and Marine craft units depending on there R1155* suffix. Thanks for the video!
Dont know of any used in Tanks they usually got 19sets, some were used in command vehicles. and some we used in RAF rescue boats, Ships got B28 (CR100) and B40
I'm amazed by all the screws just on the front panel. No machine assembly here. Imagine the lady who had to put them in all day at the factory. Thanks for the video
I’ve got an R1155E (Steel cased) in its original packing crate with all its jones plugs. It’s never been ripped apart. I carefully removed the wax from inside the old capacitors and fitted new ones inside the metal tube so as to keep the capacitors looking original in the radio. It still works well.
@@arcticradio very nice! I would love to see you do a video on your 1155 in your listening shack. You have awesome access to LW that we don’t have here in the US. Thanks for your comments
@@dieselten01 It’s in storage at the moment along with the RCA AR88D and AR88LF model, various 1920’s and 30’s radios also. I used to have a collection of over 400 radios….all sorts of communications sets and valve radios. I only kept a few good ones.
My dad, who passed at 93 8 years ago - would have had this kind of equipment in his radio (ham) shack. At one point I had a "BC221" - a kind of frequency measurement device - which you used by zeroing out a hetrodyne tone from mixing an input signal with the built in oscillator. This is awesome
I bought one of these unused in crate back in the 60s . I built a seperate psu and 6v6 output stage . Beautiful reciever with lovely tuning control . Nothing like the feel and smell of old tube radios . I have quite a few tube radios . Much more fun than modern solid state recievers . There was a matching transmitter for that set 1154 series . Here in the UK back in the 60s there was masses of surplus equipment being sold for peanuts . Enjoy that set . It's a great find . Best wishes from Thomas .... Manchester UK .
Listening to WWV on a WWII bomber's radio a question came to me. How did Allied air crews set their watches? If there had been an equivalent of WWV in the UK at the time, the Germans could have used it for direction finding.
All you need now Nick is the airplane, nice peice of history, i just got a RG52a that does not work correctly, you are not the only one getting burned , it happens with old electronics as we know... thx. Matt
