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Originally Posted by ms660
The DF section was all there except the valves, their TC connectors had been snipped so far as I can remember but non of the other DF bits had been ripped out to make way for a PSU or audio power output valve etc etc, at one point I was considering getting the DF valves but the price of the BL63 put me off, the tuning drive was a bit spasmodic when I got it but a quick trim of the cork and a clean up sorted that out.
Photo of said receiver below (ali case)
Lawrence.
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I acquired a couple of R1155s where the DF section was more or less intact, though the valves were missing. I just made a purpose-wired octal-to-octal converter (including wire for top cap) so that I could use a 6SN7 in place of the BL63 dual triode. The DF works very nicely.