Just got one for FREE ! Hooked it up on the bench and it works great so it's a keeper. Now have to find owner/repair manual (S). Connected to my dipole and the RX seams on par with my Icom 7700.
Man, I LOVE this radio! I am always amazed at how you seem to just constantly come up with the coolest, most pristine old radios I've ever seen. I am 60 so I remember a lot of these. I was licensed but expired, about to renew. Wouldn't you like to sell me a radio from your collection? What is your all-time favorite? Dean de Abilene, Texas. 73's!
Download the manual www.radiomanual.info/schemi/Surplus_Civil/Raytheon_Ray-152_serv_user.pdf and go to page 6-62: CPU unit (CDC-493R) schematic diagram (fig. 6-20) At the "notes" section on page 6-62 it says ""Removing RJ2 enables the LSB transmission". Look at the manual's next page (page 6-63) which shows the position of the parts on the CPU board. RJ2 is a jumper that is located close to IC15 (MC74HC244N) on the CPU board, it is the third jumper from the left. It is marked on the board as a row of jumpers. The jumper RJ2 pulls pin 4 of IC15 normally to ground. When you remove the jumper, pin 4 of IC15 will be pulled to +5V by pull-up resistor block RA3 (8 x 10 kohm) which signals the CPU to enable the additional LSB mode. So locate the jumper RJ2 on the CPU board and remove it, this will enable LSB operation for the RAY-152 radio.
We "inherited" this radio when we purchased our steel sailboat three yrs ago (2013). We are trying to decide whether to keep this or to purchase a newer unit. The unit appears to be working, though we haven't used it yet - we are new to SSB. Are there specific advantages of keeping this older Raytheon unit? vs purchasing a newer smaller unit? Ease of operation? We like the "sturdy feel", and hope to use this equipment to follow marine nets, weather advice and retrieve email while sailing throughout Mexico, Central America, Panama and Ecuador.
+MaryE Smith It really depends what your emergency calling requirements are. New radios offer one-touch DSC capability and an NMEA interface for a GPS receiver. See here for an example: www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-M803/ If you don't care about automatic DSC (because you can still call SOS manually on 2182kHz or 14.300 MHz) then the Raytheon should be fine. But I think I would go for a new radio; safety is of utmost importance on the high seas, and cost should not be a factor there. You could sell the Raytheon on eBay; if it is in very good shape (like mine was in the video), it should easily get you $600, a nice down payment on a new one. With the automatic antenna coupler included, the whole might fetch $1000. "Good shape" means: LCD display pristine (no blackening); silicone keys perfect without lettering being rubbed off or keys turned yellow, and the front panel and case undamaged with mounting bracket included. And absolutely NO salt corrosion anywhere. Again, that is how my radio was :-) Thanks for looking at my video and good luck
hello you had to the schema for the jumper for active LSB Thank you or a photo of the inside of the RAY 152 thank you bonjour vous avais le schéma pour pour enlever le jiunper pour active LSB merci ou un photo de l’intérieur du RAY 152 merci
Patrick, it can do LSB as well (see the video). You need to remove an internal jumper if my memory serves me right. You can find that jumper on the diagrams, which you can download from the internet. Cheers.
Just got one for FREE ! Hooked it up on the bench and it works great so it's a keeper. Now have to find owner/repair manual (S).
Connected to my dipole and the RX seams on par with my Icom 7700.
Mint conditions 🎉 congrats, wonderful rtx.. 73s de HB3XUT
muy buen equipo el RAY-152 tengo uno y trasmite excelente los modos digitales 150watt
After seeing the tuning with the buttons, I think I like them better than a dial.
Man, I LOVE this radio! I am always amazed at how you seem to just constantly come up with the coolest, most pristine old radios I've ever seen. I am 60 so I remember a lot of these. I was licensed but expired, about to renew. Wouldn't you like to sell me a radio from your collection? What is your all-time favorite? Dean de Abilene, Texas. 73's!
Hola, tenías el esquema del puente para LSB activo. Gracias.
o una foto del interior del RAY 152 73-51 la yy1cab desde venezuela
Download the manual www.radiomanual.info/schemi/Surplus_Civil/Raytheon_Ray-152_serv_user.pdf
and go to page 6-62: CPU unit (CDC-493R) schematic diagram (fig. 6-20)
At the "notes" section on page 6-62 it says ""Removing RJ2 enables the LSB transmission".
Look at the manual's next page (page 6-63) which shows the position of the parts on the CPU board. RJ2 is a jumper that is located close to IC15 (MC74HC244N) on the CPU board, it is the third jumper from the left. It is marked on the board as a row of jumpers. The jumper RJ2 pulls pin 4 of IC15 normally to ground. When you remove the jumper, pin 4 of IC15 will be pulled to +5V by pull-up resistor block RA3 (8 x 10 kohm) which signals the CPU to enable the additional LSB mode.
So locate the jumper RJ2 on the CPU board and remove it, this will enable LSB operation for the RAY-152 radio.
We "inherited" this radio when we purchased our steel sailboat three yrs ago (2013). We are trying to decide whether to keep this or to purchase a newer unit. The unit appears to be working, though we haven't used it yet - we are new to SSB. Are there specific advantages of keeping this older Raytheon unit? vs purchasing a newer smaller unit? Ease of operation? We like the "sturdy feel", and hope to use this equipment to follow marine nets, weather advice and retrieve email while sailing throughout Mexico, Central America, Panama and Ecuador.
+MaryE Smith It really depends what your emergency calling requirements are. New radios offer one-touch DSC capability and an NMEA interface for a GPS receiver. See here for an example: www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-M803/
If you don't care about automatic DSC (because you can still call SOS manually on 2182kHz or 14.300 MHz) then the Raytheon should be fine. But I think I would go for a new radio; safety is of utmost importance on the high seas, and cost should not be a factor there. You could sell the Raytheon on eBay; if it is in very good shape (like mine was in the video), it should easily get you $600, a nice down payment on a new one. With the automatic antenna coupler included, the whole might fetch $1000. "Good shape" means: LCD display pristine (no blackening); silicone keys perfect without lettering being rubbed off or keys turned yellow, and the front panel and case undamaged with mounting bracket included. And absolutely NO salt corrosion anywhere. Again, that is how my radio was :-)
Thanks for looking at my video and good luck
hello you had to the schema for the jumper for active LSB Thank you
or a photo of the inside of the RAY 152 thank you
bonjour vous avais le schéma pour pour enlever le jiunper pour active LSB merci
ou un photo de l’intérieur du RAY 152 merci
I have the RAY-152E SSB but i am not very satisfied from the reception
Could you report on the current draw at 50 watts?
About 10 amps peak
jais un RAY 152 IL A 150W ET UN BONNE réception mais pas d’émission en LSB
Patrick, it can do LSB as well (see the video). You need to remove an internal jumper if my memory serves me right. You can find that jumper on the diagrams, which you can download from the internet. Cheers.
oui merci je vais mettre LSB MERCI
yes thank you I'll put LSB THANKS
A ok merci vous pouvez m'envoyer le raccourci je vous dis merci
Setting dimmer🙏🙏🙏
Are you a ham I am AB9EW
El mio nomas prende no tx no rx