let's see your vintage radios!

[SCPD]

1924 Phanstiel chassis in a Premier cabinet. Features Reinartz coils w/ (3) 01A tubes in a TRF circuit.

Headphones are high impedance (25K) Trimm Featherweights. Needs only 45 volts DC on the plates since it is a headphones only circuit.

Covers the BCB only.

p.s. On a cold winter's eve, I can still hear George and Gracie Allen if I tune really carefully. ;-)

 

[a29zuk]

1924 Phanstiel chassis in a Premier cabinet. Features Reinartz coils w/ (3) 01A tubes in a TRF circuit.

Headphones are high impedance (25K) Trimm Featherweights. Needs only 45 volts DC on the plates since it is a headphones only circuit.

Covers the BCB only.

p.s. On a cold winter's eve, I can still hear George and Gracie Allen if I tune really carefully. ;-)

Very nice!!
How do you tune it? Can't see the numbers on the controls.

Jim

 

[ridgescan]

1924 Phanstiel chassis in a Premier cabinet. Features Reinartz coils w/ (3) 01A tubes in a TRF circuit.

Headphones are high impedance (25K) Trimm Featherweights. Needs only 45 volts DC on the plates since it is a headphones only circuit.

Covers the BCB only.

p.s. On a cold winter's eve, I can still hear George and Gracie Allen if I tune really carefully. ;-)

That one is impressive the grand daddy of all the rest! Nice wood art too. We have some pretty awesome gear in this forum. Thanks for bringing yours to the collection.

 

[SCPD]

Thanks fellows for the nice comments on the the radio!

The tuning knobs have a numbered scale, 0-100. The reason that the dials don't read in frequency is because this radio pre-dated the structured 530 to 1710khz am frequency allocation for the BCB. It's that old.

Since this radio is a "TRF" (tuned radio frequency) set, and not a superhet, it is tuned differently than what you are used to. Each dial tunes a separate RF stage. The signal passes through each stage and increases in strength until it is rectified and "detected'... turned into audio.

Once you hear a station, you very carefully "rock" each knob back and forth to find the peak in that stations signal. As you keep doing this from the first knob to the third knob, the signal keeps getting stronger in the 'phones. Soon, the tuning gets very sharp as all the tuned circuits reach resonance. It is at this point that the desired station is the loudest and the tuning is the sharpest for maximum selectivity.

The small knob to the right controls the filament voltage to the three tubes, and acts as the volume control. Strong signals need less filament voltage, and weaker signals need more. The small knobs underneath the large knobs act as "fine tuning". If you press them in ( they are spring loaded), and turn them left or right, that will cause the main knob to move slowly for a "vernier" effect. This makes it easier to tune the circuit when the tuning has become very sharp.

Yes, so far I've seen some pretty cool gear on the pages of this thread!

 

[Turbo68]

This is my Drake SSR-1 HF Receiver in pristine condition..

Regards Lino..

 

[SCPD]

Really nice and clean! I'd have fun trying it out with a good antenna.

 

[ridgescan]

Very inviting receiver Lino-thanks for showing it love the green illuminaters

 

[Turbo68]

Thanks bid $100 bucks 5 days prior auction ending on ebay and nobody was even watching it or put a bid on to my surprise i seen some of these radios in the worst condition and people pay 300 to $500 on them performed very well on my wellbrook loop..

Regards Lino..

 

[a29zuk]

Thanks bid $100 bucks 5 days prior auction ending on ebay and nobody was even watching it or put a bid on to my surprise i seen some of these radios in the worst condition and people pay 300 to $500 on them performed very well on my wellbrook loop..

Regards Lino..

Very Nice Lino. I remember getting a Drake catalog back in the 70's. Then wishing I could afford to have either the SSR-1, SPR-4, or the DSR-2. The DSR-2 had nixie tubes for the digital readout!

Jim

 

[Turbo68]

Hi Jim it seems i got the bug to buy old radios just got myself an Icom-R70 in pristine condition with these
options DC option,FM board,Crystal ssb filter also comes with the original manual & documents of purchase cannot wait till i get it..

Regards Lino..

 

[MTS2000des]

My Classic radio score came today, picked up this pretty clean Sony ICF-2001, at Goodwill for $3.99.

Included the OEM adapter. Had the famous battery contact issue for the CPU batteries, easy to resolve by adding jumper wires and it came to life. This thing sounds amazing, and surprisingly has good sensitivity on HF and FM, pretty decent AM too. Appears to be dead on frequency.

One day in the future I will probably take on the arduous task of replacing all the 34 year old electrolytic caps. When I was in there, I did not see any physical signs of leaking or bulging, but MAN that thing is scary inside!

Always wanted one of these (and the ICF-2010) when I was a kid in the early 1980s.

 

[ridgescan]

Neat one MTS Sony did a nice job in those days! I always admired their styling of the portables.

 

[MTS2000des]

Neat one MTS Sony did a nice job in those days! I always admired their styling of the portables.

Thanks.

Without a doubt, this is the Sony I remember. Top notch quality. Now if I could find an ICF-2010 for $4 that would make my year.

 

[Turbo68]

My Icom-R70 arrived yesterday this radio has only been used for a few hours and it was put away for a very long time hardly been used and condition is like brand new..

Regards Lino..

 

[mainetrunk]

I'd buy THAT for a dollar, lol.. Sweet rig, just enough knobs.

 

[Turbo68]

This is my pristine Yaesu FRG-7 HF receiver very happy with the performance takes a bit of time to learn how to tune it.

Regards Lino..

 

[ridgescan]

Lino I like that Yaesu. And I just saw your r70-really shows the mil-green in the body..NICE! Both are sharp receivers and very clean I personally like clean stuff. My carpet in here throws fibers so I'm constantly dusting the rigs. If you have more old school radios Lino, and other members, let's have them here.
I like seeing them all.

 

[Turbo68]

Hi thanks have to admit i enjoy using these old radios and the sound from the internal speaker is excellent do have another radio coming in a few weeks but its not vintage Ten Tec-350D..

Regards Lino..

 

[ridgescan]

+1 Lino-my rigs are old like me and hard working like I used to be. I don't care to advance to SDR in the least..I am just fine with my old buddies and that 100-footer up on the roof!

 

[kilokat7]

Ok, here's another one to keep this rolling, before Powel Crosley, Jr. branded his name on his radios: