What an interesting selection of replies, I am not into drilling holes in
equipment at all, so all the mods will be reversable, some are just common
sense like changing out caps and the power board, however I do keep all the
'bits' just in case I wish to sell the radio, but this one is a keeper. I have
had a great deal of focusing on my collection recently and am only keeping a
select few items that I enjoy using, some are Collins some are Drakes, my
BC-610E, the rest are various collectables which are used for short time only,
however this R4C is a nice radio to use but it does have some issues all of
which have been addressed here in some view or another, I actually fall into
both camps of keep original and make sensible mods, I did the AGC mod to my
early KWM-2 and it transformed the radio into a very useable and fun radio to
use, the R4C is a great radio and there are quite a few of them still in
service, testiment to the great engineering of the day so I do not feel so
guilty for doing some small changes, but I wanted to get a flavour of what can
be expected and everyone here has given their opinion on what is good and bad,
actually not so much bad as good I feel.
Anyway great group and many excellent replies, Thank you,
73 & HNY,
Max
M0GHQ
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