woody_46
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Yes, on the drool factor! My Icom R75 has taken a back seat for now. The audio is just so pleasing on this one. It's fun to twist knobs again. Time sure flies, this one is 50 years old already. Nice thread!
let's see your vintage radios!
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woody_46
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Ah, there we go with the real oldies, nice!
majoco
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Very nice - AK's occasionally turn up here - usually in not going condition ( aka - was working last time I used it - must be something simple. Yeah, right!) and at a good price. I'd like to get a good one, but what happens if a tube has gone pop or just lost it's emission - where do you get a replacement? I know the Ruskies are re-manufacturing 12AT7's, KT66's and EL84's for the audiophools but what about a 41 or something realy old.......:roll:
Token
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I posted a few of the radios in my living room over in this thread: http://forums.radioreference.com/pictures-your-shack-mobile-setup/196623-my-living-room-shack.html
I will add a few close-ups of some of those radios here. The majority of the collection is not pictured online, just a few are represented. One day I will get some pictures of the stuff in the radio room online to share. All of these pictured are operational, even the ones that are not so pretty.
Hammarlund HQ-129-X (I have both the red letter and the white letter versions)
Hammarlund HQ-170
Hammarlund SP-600
Hallicrafters S-20R
Hallicrafters SX-28
Hallicrafters S-38C (I have several versions of the S38, from the original to the S-38E)
Hallicrafters S-40
Hallicrafters SX-62 (the faceplate and the Sensitivity knob has been replaced since this picture was taken)
Hallicrafters SX-99 (this is the very first manufactured radio I ever owned, before this one it was all home brew)
National NC-173 (the same kind of receiver used during the voyage of the Kon-Tiki in 1947)
1935 Philco 16X, this one is done electronically but still working on the cabinet
Philco 41-260, this one I just started working on, although I have owned it a few years
Yeah, it might be something of an addiction.
T!
I will add a few close-ups of some of those radios here. The majority of the collection is not pictured online, just a few are represented. One day I will get some pictures of the stuff in the radio room online to share. All of these pictured are operational, even the ones that are not so pretty.
Hammarlund HQ-129-X (I have both the red letter and the white letter versions)
Hammarlund HQ-170
Hammarlund SP-600
Hallicrafters S-20R
Hallicrafters SX-28
Hallicrafters S-38C (I have several versions of the S38, from the original to the S-38E)
Hallicrafters S-40
Hallicrafters SX-62 (the faceplate and the Sensitivity knob has been replaced since this picture was taken)
Hallicrafters SX-99 (this is the very first manufactured radio I ever owned, before this one it was all home brew)
National NC-173 (the same kind of receiver used during the voyage of the Kon-Tiki in 1947)
1935 Philco 16X, this one is done electronically but still working on the cabinet
Philco 41-260, this one I just started working on, although I have owned it a few years
Yeah, it might be something of an addiction.
T!
woody_46
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Wow, nice collection, Token! I wish I hadn't sold my collection now.
Some great radios in here.
Some great radios in here.
Token
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Yeah, it is a WW II vintage RBM receiver, specifically the HF deck and the power supply. Exactly which model RBM it is is hard to say as it has been modified. The meter on the left is not original. It lookslike either an RBM-3 HF or an RBM-4 HF. I think RBM-4 HF is more likely as some versions of the -4 did have a meter on the left side like that, although a very different meter. I would suspect the original failed and someone replaced it with what was on hand. That was not a Navy repair job, by the way.
I might have a manual for each here in the library, let me see if I can narrow it down a bit as to the exact model.
Here is alittle on-line data on the RBM series http://www.hnsa.org/doc/ecat/cat-0946.htm
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majoco
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Magnificent radios there, Token, you must be very happy with them!
I'd like to see more like them become available here, but we had only a couple of manufacturers in that period who seemed to make copies under license of RCA AR88's with local components. They must be somewhere around, but very rarely surface in what I would call 'restorable' condition.
I'd like to see more like them become available here, but we had only a couple of manufacturers in that period who seemed to make copies under license of RCA AR88's with local components. They must be somewhere around, but very rarely surface in what I would call 'restorable' condition.
ridgescan
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Hey now we got some juice in here
How about that Atwater Kent!! The fellow who ran Alladin Radio her in SF had a few of those on display in his shop and boy are they ever a sight! To me radios like that took on a "instrument" presence much like an organ or such..neat!
Token I was waitin for some good ones at that shack I'm still pursueing a fix for my lone beloved SX-88 not panning out lucky-I had 1 guy tell me they are "not repairman friendly" hense the turndowns. I will see this radio live again one day. Wish I was closer to your area there-sounds like you get these babys running again just for giggles T
How about that Atwater Kent!! The fellow who ran Alladin Radio her in SF had a few of those on display in his shop and boy are they ever a sight! To me radios like that took on a "instrument" presence much like an organ or such..neat! Token I was waitin for some good ones at that shack
I'm still pursueing a fix for my lone beloved SX-88 not panning out lucky-I had 1 guy tell me they are "not repairman friendly" hense the turndowns. I will see this radio live again one day. Wish I was closer to your area there-sounds like you get these babys running again just for giggles T
ridgescan
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Well here's my portable collection-they all work well
the Ray Jefferson RDF circa early/mid 70s (I cannot find history)
the 1979 Realistic Patrolman SW-60
the 1975 Realistic Patrolman-9
Here's one I haven't shown yet-the Craftsman 6-bander circa mid 70s
and last but best, the 1959 Zenith Royal 3000-1
That would be the last of mine
the Ray Jefferson RDF circa early/mid 70s (I cannot find history)
the 1979 Realistic Patrolman SW-60
the 1975 Realistic Patrolman-9
Here's one I haven't shown yet-the Craftsman 6-bander circa mid 70s
and last but best, the 1959 Zenith Royal 3000-1
That would be the last of mine
k9rzz
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Is AM okay? 1937 Crosley Fiver Roamio.
Imagine the glee someone had bolting that baby in.
Imagine the glee someone had bolting that baby in.
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ridgescan
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Now that's a rare one k9-does it run?
k9rzz
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Found it in the garage, Pop was an early 'picker'. Haven't tried it, its 6 volts.
Oh my token!!! I am dying to get my hands on an old working hallicrafters they sound full and amazing!
Here is my FRG 7
Here is my FRG 7
k9rzz
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Token
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It is a production model, a Howard FM718, started production in 1947. It was sold in a couple of different cabinets. They also made a model 718-FM that was a different radio, only 14 tubes instead of the 15 tubes your model has.
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k9rzz
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Oh, you are good.
How did you come up with that?
How did you come up with that?
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