I have decided to offer a Repair and Restoration (or Refurbishment) service to owners of the following Racal receivers. These being, all variants of the RA17 and RA117. What I propose is a service whereby the receiver in question will be restored electrically to ex-works condition. That is, with an operational specification as close to or better than when it originally left the factory. This will incur the replacement of ALL carbon resistors and ALL tubular electrolytic capacitors throughout. Various official performance and safety related modifications will be carried out in line with the appropriate EMER. This will invariably involve dismantling the receiver and as part of the service, the metal-work will be thoroughly cleaned. The receiver’s modular construction actually makes this process quite easy.

I would envisage that a straight-forward refurbishment could be turned around within 28 working days. There will be a flat-rate charge (see below) for the service provided which will be dependent on the receiver model. If it is found necessary to replace components other than the above mentioned Rs & Cs, like valves, switches, panel meters, loudspeaker etc., then the cost of replacing these extra parts will be added to the flat-rate charge.

Given that these lovely receivers are heavy . . . 67lb minimum! It is felt that owners will want to deliver and collect them in person.

Prices ...
RA17, RA17MK2, RA17L and other variants ............................... £200.00
RA117 ............................................................................................... £225.00

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I am also preparing to set up a service for restoring and refurbishing your classic R1155! If you haven’t already seen my 1155 pages you can find them here. The level of restoration offered would probably be influenced by what is there and what is available. The 1155 contained many custom components, some of which are becoming increasingly difficult to source and often command a premium price. With this in mind, and the level of work required (the set will require to be totally rewired) the starting price for this service will be £300.00. However, since the set only weighs 25 pounds, we should be able to offer a door-to-door courier option at extra cost.