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Looking for a ‘good used’ rig? Here’s my choices …
Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, 10 a.m. — I scan eBay’s latest listings a time or two a day in a number of categories to see what’s new, and if I was looking for a “good […]
Year: 2010
radio
Missed it by *that* much, Chief!
Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, 1 a.m. — Finally started digging into my Detrola 571X receiver, removing caps and replacing them with “orange drop” capacitors that recently arrived. This recapping is much different than the later […]
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Destroying de Detrola, doo-dah, doo-dah
Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, 12:56 a.m. — With Christmas done, it is time to return to projects that were waiting in the wings … recapping my Detrola 571X AM BC receiver. This receiver is circa […]
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Christmas time is coming ..
Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, 10:45 p.m. — It’s Christmas Eve Eve, the day when years ago, Terry Meiners radio show always broadcast his famous “Christmas Eve Eve Parade Parade.” The fictional event was held on […]
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Coveted boat anchor not in the cards this Christmas season …
Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010 — Our home’s library continues to be where I wind up spending most of my evenings, and as winter settles in for the duration, will continue to be my most “radi0-active” […]
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Note to Question Pool authors: Include section on ‘zero beat’
Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, 1 p.m. — I was sitting here at my computer desk listening to a lunchtime QSO on 40 meters when I heard two guys move on frequency — a busy frequency […]
bugs
New arrival brings a bit of ‘bug’ history to my shack …
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, 10:20 p.m. – Another rather rare bug that I snagged recently arrived in yesterday’s mail. This one is a Leach Speedoplex No. 2 semi-automatic bug, sold in the 1910s by the […]
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Detrola 571B next on the bench …
Having just wrapped up recapping and repairing a classic RCA X-1 “All-American Five” AM BC receiver, I’ve decided to tackle a few additional BC receivers that I have accumulated over the years. Two of these […]
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More caps arrive … and my long-awaited 50C5! But does it play?? ….
On our way to a family Christmas party, I found an envelope full of capacitors and a small box containing a wonderful condition 50C5 vacuum tube. Woo hoo! On my return to the shack tonight, […]
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Classic thoughts about classic radios …
While I've been inhaling rosin fumes from my forays into radio repair, I've also been doing my wintertime reading of old radio and electronics magazines. I still believe I was born 40 years late; I […]