Gerard's Barlow-Wadley XCR30

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Barlow-Wadley XCR30 Portable SW

Simply the best. In 1973.

**Data for Barlow-Wadley XCR30**
Production	South Africa, 1973. Price was 800 guilders.
Bands	500kHz - 31MHz.
Semi- conductors	15 transistors, 1 IC, 11 diodes.
Cabinet	Steel. Size 29x19x10 cm. Weight 3.1 kg (ex batt.).
Power	Batt 6xD or ext. 6-12V, 20-200mA.

The Design

The Barlow-Wadley was simply earth-shaking when it came out in 1973. It was a portable, transistorized, and, above all, affordable implementation of Wadley's triple conversion drift compensating principle that made the Racal receiver a success. See this separate article.

Obtained	Was never mine, repaired for Bert Brummel, sn=11338, 11/2005.
Condition	7.

This Object

This receiver is not owned by me but I looked into it for somebody.

Part of Gerard's Radio Corner.
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