Through my hands have passed many Sideband Engineers SBE-33 and SBE-34 Transceivers. Later on, the SBE-35 and SBE-36 appeared on the scene and those I believe were totally manufactured in Japan.
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I believe this restoration was done by W4OP, Dale.
I haven't personally seen an SBE-35 or the SBE-36 which had a Nixie tube display. It seems like the rigs didn't make much of a splash with the ham community at large. One issue of ergonomics, for me, is the Microphone Jack on the SBE-35 is very close to the tiny main tuning knob. With my FFS, I would be complaining a lot.
More time in the shop yesterday as I worked down my list and finished installing hardware on the back panel.
Final Back Panel Installations
Starting on the left side we have the Antenna Jack; the Knob is on the pot that controls the Bias setting and to the right of that is the 8-pin Power Connector. The three RCA jacks from left to right, are the Fan Power, External Speaker and External Linear Amp control. Rounding out the installations was the Cooling Fan. The two bolts just to the right of the Antenna Jack tie into the shield enclosure for the 12GE5 Final RF Amp which stiffens the back panel so there is no movement.
Anchoring the Back Panel!
I did a trial run on the Wireless bottom plate which is 8X12X1/8 inch. It fits perfectly which is a testament to all the front-end work to accurately cut the metal and double check all installations. I had some really large rubber feet which I will install to give it a solid support base.
Bottom Plate ~ Perfect Fit!
Rubber Feet on Bottom Plate.
With all of the metal and nuts and bolts, the Hybrid Wireless has gained a few pounds. Oh, I use a blue felt tip pen to mark various lines and dimensions then a rag doused with a touch of alcohol cleans everything up nicely.
I am awaiting the delivery of three special switches and those will be installed on the front panel but before I cut any metal I have to know their exact dimensions. With the area under the chassis being reduced that makes for tight dimensions below the main plate to install any controls in the space. Maybe Monday.
Them that know can make things go.
73's
Pete N6QW