20-10-2023, 05:04 PM
The RP25 is quite tolerant of low batteries, so I'd expect it to be OK.
That's true of most Hackers IME, but the Hunter RP38A is a bit more fussy about supply voltage if you're in a marginal reception area like around here. Can be helped by replacing some of the carbon comps dropping the rails and doing a full RF/IF lineup, but while one or two are excellent, most samples are not as good as an average RP25 or similar.
(A good friend used to have an eBay business selling radios, and Hunters were his best seller. As such, I've worked on dozens of them. I did make systematic efforts to work out why they were so variable, but ran out of steam before reaching any firm conclusions. Hopefully enthusiasm for them will return when I'm less busy elsewhere!)
That's true of most Hackers IME, but the Hunter RP38A is a bit more fussy about supply voltage if you're in a marginal reception area like around here. Can be helped by replacing some of the carbon comps dropping the rails and doing a full RF/IF lineup, but while one or two are excellent, most samples are not as good as an average RP25 or similar.
(A good friend used to have an eBay business selling radios, and Hunters were his best seller. As such, I've worked on dozens of them. I did make systematic efforts to work out why they were so variable, but ran out of steam before reaching any firm conclusions. Hopefully enthusiasm for them will return when I'm less busy elsewhere!)
