Article: 330446 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: A few Radios Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:45:26 -0600 Message-ID: <22778-43F10C06-990@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> References: <1139863980.886600.102570@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> He has almost as much stuff as the Crazy Ebay Mom.Me,I have three foot lockers chock full of small old radios and some (but not too many) radios scattered around in every room in my eight room (nine rooms,counting my laundry room,only one car transistor radio sitting on a shelf in that room) house and some old tube type car radios in one of my three vans in my back yard.Am I hoarding,maybe so,but I like old radios and all kinds of other old,old things.I just like having them around,it makes me feel good,like Fred Sanford.I suppose when I croak,my next oldest sister and brother in law will call a junk dealer and tell him to make an offer and haul this stuff away from here.(Larry,for chris sake,why dont you get rid of some of this junk?) she has told me more than a few times.ok,Tinker,I will work on it,but I never do. cuhulin Article: 330447 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Scharf Subject: Re: 1950 .... again References: Message-ID: Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:16:24 -0500 Scott W. Harvey wrote: > Ken Scharf wrote: > >> I have made a few scans in both jpg and gif >> Let me know which method seems to work out the best. >> I tried to make both about the same size. > > I have examined the scans now....A few comments: > > You simply must scan at 300 DPI or above. The 200 DPI scans look OK with > the text, but the schematics are a mess. When you scan these things in, > magnify the image on the screen to an extreme close-up, so that only a > couple of components are shown very large. The component values should > be every bit as a clear as they are in the original. If they are not, > then you have some more tweaking to do. If the digits appear to bleed > together, try backing off on the contrast a bit. If the digits appear to > be broken up, then increase the contrast a bit. I just took a good look at the original and the last scan I made (which was at 200dpi) of the schematic (page 6). I had printed a page from the tiff format file I made and compared the printer output with the original. (My printer is an HP LJ 4si). Except for the fact that the image on the printer ended up being about 110-120% the size of the original (some scaling taking place between the scanning and printing software) the two look identical under a magnifying glass. In the early scans the page number looked like an 8, but in the last scan I posted it DOES look like a 6 (and also in the printout). There may be some bleed in the printing with lines being heavier than the original, but it actually isn't going to get much better that this, it IS being faithful the the original (which is over 56 years old!). I can try backing off the contrast a bit to reduce the bleed, but the original simply isn't much better. I can try going up to 300 dpi on the schematic scan, but I suspect from my comparison between the printout and the original I'll get more mileage >from tweaking the contrast (and save file size). > > The halftones in the page 5 and page 8 photos really suck. It's hard to > see any of the detail in the photos at all. I am assuming that the > original magazine has greyscale photos on those pages instead of the > monochrome images shown in the scans.....correct? If so, those pages > with photos need to be scanned in greyscale and saved either as tiffs or > as jpegs with an absolute minimum of compression applied. > If I look at the original photo under a magnifying glass I can see the individual printers dots, much like in newsprint. The magazine probably used a finer photo engraving dot size than the average newsprint but not much better. I have a collection of old QST magazine from the ARRL on CD roms, their QST View collection. I don't know what the specs were on their scanning parameters, but they did use the TIFF format. I don't think their scans are much better than the ones I did, however in this case we are talking about originals printed between 1920 and 1940. > You will also need to de-screen the magazine photos since they are > composed of lots of very fine dots which most scanners will pick up with > undesirable artifacting when they are scanned. It looks like you already > did this with the magazine cover scan, which is outstanding. > The magazine cover scan was done in color not B&W. I think it was ONLY scanned in 150dpi and I did adjust the brightness but left the contrast at 'normal'. It was a jpg wasn't it? The cover is simply a much better original, glossy heavy weight paper and ink that didn't fade (much). Also the 'dots' are about half the size of those inside the magazine. (garbage in - garbage out vs quality in - quality out). > Finally, although I prefer tiffs as a raw format for producing > documents, I recommend you render the monochrome pages that you are > going to release to the outside world as gifs rather than tiffs. The > reason is compatibility; both formats use lossless compression schemes > and the difference in quality is virtually non-existent between the two > formats, but the gif format can be opened by a considerably larger base > of applications than tiff, including web browsers and most publishing > and graphics programs. For example, my windows XP laptop did not have > ANY native ability to read all types of tiff files right out of the box; > I couldn't do that until I installed Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop. I'll have to see what the compression ratio of the gif's I can create are vs tiff. Again let me suggest that anybody needing the ability to see tiffs and not want to buy photoshop download the free "gimp" application. This is a very good image editing application originally written for Linux, but there are now Windows versions ready to download. At the very least it lets you convert between tiff and gif (and others). You can also resize, rotate, flip, invert (as in negative), and then print your images. > > Since this issue has come up I have decided to re-post the scanning tips > page from my "old" beitman website. This page has been offline for some > time, and the tips here may give you some ideas as to how to proceed > further. Here is the URL for that page: > > http://techpreservation.dyndns.org/origbeit/scantips.htm > I will have to look at this it may help! Thanks! > > This looks like a worthwhile project in any case.....I wonder if anyone > other than the author actually built a working TV using these plans? > > -Scott Article: 330448 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Scharf Subject: Re: 1950 .... again References: Message-ID: Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:36:52 -0500 Scott W. Harvey wrote: > http://techpreservation.dyndns.org/origbeit/scantips.htm > A question... which works better setting the contrast and brightness levels for the best looking scan in the preview window, or trying to adjust the image latter with the image editor software. Or maybe both? Sane (the linux scan driver) has 4 modes halftone, lineart, grayscale and color. It looks like lineart is a 2 level (or maybe 2 bit) grayscale is 256 level b&w, I'm not sure what halftone is but it mostly produces images that look like inkblots. (over contrasty photo ingraving looking blotches). Color is well ... what it sounds like! I tried using both lineart and grayscale, adjusting the contrast and brightness in the preview to end up with a 2 level result. Lineart mode works for text and line drawings (schematics, chassis hole diagrams, etc) but for photos only grayscale gives what I want. I'm sure I can get what I need out of sane and the gimp, but I need to figure out how to make these tools produce the same conversions as photo shop. > > This looks like a worthwhile project in any case.....I wonder if anyone > other than the author actually built a working TV using these plans? > > -Scott Article: 330449 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Georg Richter" <520066970381-0001@T-Online.de> Subject: Q: Conar - a division of National Radio Institute? Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:54:05 +0100 Message-ID: Dear all, I purchased a Conar R/C-Tester model 311. It is "living" with its tubes 6E5 and 6X4 (both Japanese, one of Toyo brand) in principle. The circuit is not so dramatic to be drawn by inspection, but if somebody has the manual on the hand ... you know "Question 1" ;-) (BAMA http://bama.sbc.edu/conar.htm is missing model 311) Question 2: Who is "Conar"? (Picture of model 311 on a.b.p.r) Thank you very much in advance. Kind Regards Georg -.- The relation to/with the National Radio Institute itself is checked as follows: The website http://tuberadios.forgotten-acres.com/ is buggy. >From Greece http://www.ert.gr/radio/en/radio_xronologio.asp I found "1945, 16 July: The National Radio Institute started operating, with H. Petmezas as its first manager." Seems that Greece has it's own "NRI"? http://www.hffax.de/history/html/historical.html tells about a book "Practical Radio (National Radio Institute, Washington D.C., 1926 and 1931)" "NRI" seems to have been always active as a "SELF EDUCATION/COLLEGE": "National Radio Institute, Washington, D.C. Studies: C++ Programming for Windows Period: Aug., 1993 - Nov., 1994 (approx) Diploma: Pending payment" I know a bout a tube tester, and an early programmable computer http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?c=884&st=1 and "John Battison, P.E., CPBE - technical editor, RF John Battison was awarded the prestigious honor of Radio Engineer of the Year by the NAB in 1998; a distinction worthy of his contributions to radio engineering. A former editor of Broadcast Engineering magazine, Battison has been involved in broadcasting for more than 60 years. He is a Consulting Engineer and Registered Professional Engineer in Washington, DC. He holds amatuer radio license W8KUC. In 1961, Battison penned an editorial calling for the creation of a new broadcasting technical organization. This rally lead to the creation of the Society of Broadcast Engineers in 1965. Battison served as the Society's first President. He is the Former Director of Education of the National Radio Institute, Former Director of Engineering for the Ohio State University Radio and TV stations and organizer of the five famous WOSU Engineering Conferences. He is also the former owner/operator/builder of KAVE-AM-TV, Carlsbad, NM." Article: 330450 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Scharf Subject: Re: Q: Conar - a division of National Radio Institute? References: Message-ID: Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:16:05 -0500 Georg Richter wrote: > Dear all, > > I purchased a Conar R/C-Tester model 311. > It is "living" with its tubes 6E5 and 6X4 > (both Japanese, one of Toyo brand) in principle. > > The circuit is not so dramatic to be drawn by inspection, > but if somebody has the manual on the hand ... you know "Question 1" > ;-) > (BAMA http://bama.sbc.edu/conar.htm is missing model 311) > > Question 2: > Who is "Conar"? > > (Picture of model 311 on a.b.p.r) > > Thank you very much in advance. > > Kind Regards > Georg > > -.- > > The relation to/with the National Radio Institute itself is > checked as follows: > > The website http://tuberadios.forgotten-acres.com/ is buggy. > > From Greece http://www.ert.gr/radio/en/radio_xronologio.asp > I found > "1945, 16 July: The National Radio Institute started operating, with > H. Petmezas as its first manager." > Seems that Greece has it's own "NRI"? > > http://www.hffax.de/history/html/historical.html tells about a book > "Practical Radio (National Radio Institute, Washington D.C., 1926 and > 1931)" > > "NRI" seems to have been always active as > a "SELF EDUCATION/COLLEGE": > "National Radio Institute, Washington, D.C. > Studies: C++ Programming for Windows > Period: Aug., 1993 - Nov., 1994 (approx) > Diploma: Pending payment" > > I know a bout a tube tester, and an early programmable > computer > http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?c=884&st=1 > > and > "John Battison, P.E., CPBE - technical editor, RF > John Battison was awarded the prestigious honor of Radio Engineer of > the Year by the NAB in 1998; a distinction worthy of his contributions > to radio engineering. > > A former editor of Broadcast Engineering magazine, Battison has been > involved in broadcasting for more than 60 years. He is a Consulting > Engineer and Registered Professional Engineer in Washington, DC. He > holds amatuer radio license W8KUC. > > In 1961, Battison penned an editorial calling for the creation of a > new broadcasting technical organization. This rally lead to the > creation of the Society of Broadcast Engineers in 1965. Battison > served as the Society's first President. > > He is the Former Director of Education of the National Radio > Institute, Former Director of Engineering for the Ohio State > University Radio and TV stations and organizer of the five famous WOSU > Engineering Conferences. He is also the former owner/operator/builder > of KAVE-AM-TV, Carlsbad, NM." > > I remember Conar, I once got their catalogs. They had a real simple novice receiver and transmitter covering the 80,40, and 15 meter bands. I think they also rebranded some heathkits. Article: 330451 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <1139778121.723531.227700@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: OT - Free car radio Message-ID: Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:51:10 -0500 "Engineer" wrote in message news:1139778121.723531.227700@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > Hi, Vacuumlanders (and closet "solid-staters" ) > I'm cleaning up the crawl space (don't ask!) and some stuff just has to > go... but I hate just chucking it out. > For the cost of mailing only, please take one AIMOR brand (Japanese) > AM/FM/Casette car radio, Model: CX-15D, S/N 112001. 112 volt, negative > ground. > WHATTTT!!!!! No tubes!!! No vibrator!!! Arggh!! Uncle Pete Article: 330452 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "CLFE" References: Subject: Re: Q: Conar - a division of National Radio Institute? Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:26:27 -0500 Message-ID: <43f13fcf$0$25071$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> "Ken Scharf" wrote in message news:K8aIf.15281$pM6.7089@bignews4.bellsouth.net... > Georg Richter wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I purchased a Conar R/C-Tester model 311. >> It is "living" with its tubes 6E5 and 6X4 >> (both Japanese, one of Toyo brand) in principle. >> >> The circuit is not so dramatic to be drawn by inspection, >> but if somebody has the manual on the hand ... you know "Question 1" >> ;-) >> (BAMA http://bama.sbc.edu/conar.htm is missing model 311) >> >> Question 2: >> Who is "Conar"? >> >> (Picture of model 311 on a.b.p.r) >> >> Thank you very much in advance. >> >> Kind Regards >> Georg >> >> -.- >> >> The relation to/with the National Radio Institute itself is >> checked as follows: >> >> The website http://tuberadios.forgotten-acres.com/ is buggy. >> >> From Greece http://www.ert.gr/radio/en/radio_xronologio.asp >> I found >> "1945, 16 July: The National Radio Institute started operating, with >> H. Petmezas as its first manager." >> Seems that Greece has it's own "NRI"? >> >> http://www.hffax.de/history/html/historical.html tells about a book >> "Practical Radio (National Radio Institute, Washington D.C., 1926 and >> 1931)" >> >> "NRI" seems to have been always active as >> a "SELF EDUCATION/COLLEGE": >> "National Radio Institute, Washington, D.C. >> Studies: C++ Programming for Windows >> Period: Aug., 1993 - Nov., 1994 (approx) >> Diploma: Pending payment" >> >> I know a bout a tube tester, and an early programmable >> computer >> http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?c=884&st=1 >> >> and >> "John Battison, P.E., CPBE - technical editor, RF >> John Battison was awarded the prestigious honor of Radio Engineer of >> the Year by the NAB in 1998; a distinction worthy of his contributions >> to radio engineering. >> >> A former editor of Broadcast Engineering magazine, Battison has been >> involved in broadcasting for more than 60 years. He is a Consulting >> Engineer and Registered Professional Engineer in Washington, DC. He >> holds amatuer radio license W8KUC. >> >> In 1961, Battison penned an editorial calling for the creation of a >> new broadcasting technical organization. This rally lead to the >> creation of the Society of Broadcast Engineers in 1965. Battison >> served as the Society's first President. >> >> He is the Former Director of Education of the National Radio >> Institute, Former Director of Engineering for the Ohio State >> University Radio and TV stations and organizer of the five famous WOSU >> Engineering Conferences. He is also the former owner/operator/builder >> of KAVE-AM-TV, Carlsbad, NM." >> >> > I remember Conar, I once got their catalogs. They had a real > simple novice receiver and transmitter covering the 80,40, and 15 > meter bands. I think they also rebranded some heathkits. CONAR was a division of National Radio Institute - which was a part of McGraw Hill........ The school went out of business about 10 years or so ago - maybe a tad longer. I think someone was right about them reworking some "heathkit" gear... though I couldn't swear to it. They offered many types of courses, which weren't too bad. I think Cleveland Institute of Electronics courses were a bit more involved. I've seen books from the complete courses on FCC Licensing. CIE had them beat hands down - in my opinion. I don't recall CIE offering any radio gear in the FCC course, but NRI did. At any rate, they (NRI) still did offer some decent courses. They also expanded into other areas as well..... away from Electronics. About once a month I see the ole Novice Transmitter/Receiver and such on E-Bay. Usually always some test gear. I've got two of their CONAR 452 2meter rigs and about 6 of their Power Supplies (5-15 VDC @ 6 AMP). I also have about 3 of their VOMs and 2 of their Frequency Counters which were good to 6 MHz and pretty decent for the stuff they could do. Their equipment isn't/wasn't too bad..... CLF Article: 330453 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "George Conklin" References: <1139546763.671624.307370@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139797645.679858.226360@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: "Little Wonder Records" Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:53:58 GMT "Buck Frobisher" wrote in message news:pQ0If.7604$T35.196292@news20.bellglobal.com... > "George Conklin" wrote in message > news:sk%Hf.1309$UN.840@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > > > wrote in message > > news:1139797645.679858.226360@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > >> Thanks, I knew I should have checked the internet before posting. > >> > > > > This IS the internet. > > Not to split hairs, George, but this is USENET, developed years before the > internet was born... > > This is the real internet. What came later was web posting. Article: 330454 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: A few Radios Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:45:16 -0700 Message-ID: <3531-43F1443C-1297@storefull-3231.bay.webtv.net> References: <22778-43F10C06-990@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> Old story .. A friend of mines house IS just like that accept 75% of it is worthless VCR and stereo equipment from the 80`s & 90`s . I cant understand why . Article: 330455 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Scharf Subject: Re: 1950 radio experimenter References: <4597m3F5j0mdU1@individual.net> <45ab82F5nvbrU2@individual.net> Message-ID: Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:01:15 -0500 Radio Rambler wrote: > Ken Scharf wrote: > > >>Radio Rambler wrote: >> >>>Ken Scharf wrote: > > > BTW > what linux distro are you using? > i am glad to see that you are using linux too. life is so much easier not > having to worry about trojens & spyware. > i stopped using windows in 2000 & havent looked back > I've been through a few. Right now running Gentoo. Before that I ran Debian, but got tired of it always being a Dinosaur. Article: 330456 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Converting Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:04:10 -0700 Message-ID: <3531-43F148AA-1303@storefull-3231.bay.webtv.net> References: <22778-43F0EBF0-978@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> TV sets went from the floor to fitting into cabinet furniture . Its the new way and it gets the tv set up of the floor where you can see it better . Its funny but true these days if you try to sell any modern tv set with any woodgrain on it .. even plastic sets with woodgrain sides & top painted on stuff people wont buy them for much . Its gota be black or now ... silver ( yuck ) . All of the new big screens are silver , gray or black or a combination of the 3 . It looks modern . The in thing now is to hide the tv and equipment . I have a flatLCD set and sure like it . Article: 330457 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: A few Radios Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:05:19 -0600 Message-ID: <6236-43F148EF-742@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net> References: <3531-43F1443C-1297@storefull-3231.bay.webtv.net> I have three nice AM/FM/Stereo radios I bought at the Goodwill store.They work real good too. cuhulin Article: 330458 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" References: <1139798960.707322.292800@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1139851384.162830.166330@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Philco 38-4 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:24:06 GMT Dan, After Neil's (and other's) suggestion, try ohming out the resistors (all of them). Any resistor that is in circuit that measures High and out of tolerance should be a good bet it is bad. You may have to lift (or clip) a lead on the others to see if they are also in tolerance. See the paragraph "Resistance is Futile" on http://www.ppinyot.com/Silvertone/silvertone_4663.htm and http://www.ppinyot.com/Airline14WG/Airline.htm mid page for my personal resistance experiences. A good alignment may also help. Perhaps some one could recommend a good on line book of tube radio repair. There are some pubs at http://www.tuberadio.it/docs.htm (From a great contributor on this news group!). If you should happen upon an outdated copy of "Now Your Talking" C1991 by ARRL you may find some of the first chapters useful.. It has a few chapters of electronics that are easy to read, general in topic coverage but unfortunately barely mentions tubes. A great starting place as an intro to Electronics for the passive components (resistors, capacitors, inductors) and how they work. It is outdated because the Ham Radio content, license structure and question pool has changed. They apparently do not require such in depth electronics to be a beginning ham any more. With all the emphasis on bad capacitors (and rightly so) some times the resistors are overlooked. Good Luck, Paul. www.ppinyot.com is a hobby site. I will not try to take you money on this site. "nesesu" wrote in message news:1139851384.162830.166330@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > Dan, after you clean the band switch, and if still no SW operation, > then, assuming you have a DVM or VTVM, attach a 1meg resistor to the > tip of the probe and measure the voltage on the oscillator grid of the > converter tube-- it should be quite negative [minus 10-30V]. If it is > not, then test the tube and or replace it. If still nothing, it is > something more subtle and you need to come back here for more > suggestions. > > Neil S. > Article: 330459 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "t.hoehler" References: <1139848976.069537.5150@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1139866382.243238.266590@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139874949.990993.96930@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Mick's AX84 High Octane Build: Circuit board layout and soldering... Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:37:14 GMT "Mick" wrote in message news:1139874949.990993.96930@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > RickH said: > *** > Are you using metal film resistors throughout? > *** > > Yes, except for the higher wattage resistors. And in anticipation of > the inevitable discussion, I have never been able to tell any > difference in sound based on resistor type, but I have confirmed that > the metals are far better toleranced and stable (all the films are 1%, > the oxides are 5%). I welcome any scientific proof that a different > resistor type sounds better, or even a single verified test of any > sonic difference at all. > > Mick Just from personal experience, metal films are quieter than carbon comp resistors. I always liked the clean, shiny colorful look of 1/2 watt and 1 watt A-B carbon resistors. But in the front end of a high gain tube amp, the metal film resistors are sooo much quieter. Not better sound, just less hiss. OTOH, when you remove the hiss (surface noise) from 78 rpm disc playback, the music somehow dies a little bit. Strange, but that's how I hear it. Regards, Tom > Article: 330460 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: Don't tell me someone actually paid this much for a repro Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:00:11 -0400 Message-ID: <11v2ouq7n2bpj7f@corp.supernews.com> References: <1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> AuroraOldRadios wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/PHILCO-Cathedral-Radio-Works-GREAT_W0QQitemZ6602082154 > No, they didn't PAY that much that we know of. They BID that much :) Article: 330461 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" Subject: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:16:31 GMT I was asked by a fellow ham today if I had an old AA5 with the Conelrad Civil Defense indicators to donate to a submarine museum http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/default.aspx?pageId=38. Art (the ham WA3BKD) along with other hams and non-hams (all volunteers) maintain and create displays inside this vessel. He is putting together a little display inside the sub, showing typical Cold War items and an explanation of how the Conelrad Civil Defense radio alert system operated. So here is the plan: 1 - Acquire an old AA5 with clearly visible CD indicators (to show cold war items). 2 - Have the tubes illuminate via an added filament transformer (For effect and safety. No hot chassis). 3 - Have the dial scale illuminate (For effect in a dark sub) 4 - Wire the speaker into the audio system that plays 50/60's background music. Piped in music is used inside the sub. It also has a lot of other RF gear that works and pollutes inside the sub. Where you can help: An old donated radio (non-functional) AA5 with CD markings and an illuminated dial scale is needed. It can't be too big. Subs have precious little space. I have an old GE (like this one http://radioatticarchives.com/images/g/GE_T128A_Wassell.jpg) but the dial scale does not light up and the CD markings are small and "weak". The other AA5s I have do not have the CD markings. Something a bit older and more vintage looking is preferable. But the dial should light up (or be retrofittable with lamps) and most importantly have clearly identifiable CD markings. I will perform all the mods, add and/or activate the dial scale lamp, add the parallel filament tubes and xfrmer (of appropriate voltage), add a fuse, add a power cord, bring out and terminate the speaker leads, polish and protect the finish (make it nice and new looking) and deliver it to the submarine vessel. You will receive recognition in the form of a sticker on the unit and the knowledge that you are contributing to the education of our youth (and some adults). The kids will receive a bit of history and the adults will receive a bit of nostalgia. I will of course keep everyone updated on the progress of the unit and a picture of the unit in the final display location. If some one has an old Geiger counter that they are willing to donate for the display that would be cool and appreciated too. Please email me at paulREMOVE at REMOVEppinyot dot comREMOVE if you have any questions and to get shipping details. A Tremendous THANKS in advance, Paul KB3LZP www.ppinyot.com Article: 330462 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Buck Frobisher" References: <1139546763.671624.307370@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139797645.679858.226360@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: "Little Wonder Records" Message-ID: <%VdIf.15036$T35.328597@news20.bellglobal.com> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:30:34 -0500 "George Conklin" wrote in message news:aDbIf.1427$UN.1208@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > "Buck Frobisher" wrote in message > news:pQ0If.7604$T35.196292@news20.bellglobal.com... >> "George Conklin" wrote in message >> news:sk%Hf.1309$UN.840@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> > >> > wrote in message >> > news:1139797645.679858.226360@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> >> Thanks, I knew I should have checked the internet before posting. >> >> >> > >> > This IS the internet. >> >> Not to split hairs, George, but this is USENET, developed years before >> the >> internet was born... >> >> > > This is the real internet. What came later was web posting. My apologies, you're right. I was confusing the term "internet" with the "world wide web". Article: 330463 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: jakdedert Subject: Re: A few Radios References: <22780-43F0B447-186@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> <1139854498.756690.108650@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: <1meIf.11786$hL5.342@bignews6.bellsouth.net> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:02:45 -0600 Terry S wrote: > I'm sorry.. that place is a travesty. Radios stacked like so much > firewood. Every rig there deserves better. What he's doing is known as > simple hoarding. > I'm sorry, but from my perspective, he's having fun...as well a sharing and preserving. That stuff isn't moldering in boxes in a leaky shed...out of sight and mind. At least some of the gear seems to be getting restored/repaired/salvaged...and especially: USED regularly. > If I ever start stacking up my radios like cordwood, it's time to quit > collecting and sell them off. > Let him have his fun...hopefully he's made arrangements for collection in the event of his passing. When that happens, it looks to me that the gear will be in--at least--as good shape as when he acquired it. YMMV > Terry. > > Article: 330464 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: jakdedert Subject: Re: A few Radios References: <22780-43F0B447-186@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> <1139854498.756690.108650@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:18:19 -0600 Benjamaniac wrote: > "Terry S" wrote in message > news:1139854498.756690.108650@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> I'm sorry.. that place is a travesty. Radios stacked like so much >> firewood. Every rig there deserves better. What he's doing is known as >> simple hoarding. >> >> If I ever start stacking up my radios like cordwood, it's time to quit >> collecting and sell them off. >> >> Terry. >> > > There was a guy here who did that too. It was a damn shame. When > he passed away, they had an auction and I think the total radio count was > over 700 if I recall correctly. Not a single one of them was restored, and a > great majority of them were in horrible shape. He was just amassing them. > Although I liked the guy a lot...I could never bring myself to call him a > collector. I agree with you Terry...if I ever started doing that...it would > be time to resign from the hobby. I'm not sure anyone else scrolled down to the pictures of the guy working on several pieces of that gear. None of it looked to be in anything close to 'horrible shape.' It appears to be stored in a dry, climate controlled environment (his house). He seems to have a good handle on what the stuff is worth. I wouldn't be surprised if he--or his ham wife--had a plan to properly disperse or preserve it when he dies. This guy is not just a 'collector'. He's more than that. He literally 'lives' radio. I'm sure more than one of us looked at some of that stuff with at least a twinge of envy. jak > Ben > > > Article: 330465 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" References: <1139798960.707322.292800@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1139851384.162830.166330@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1139895117.180056.60840@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Philco 38-4 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:36:08 GMT "Dan Olson" wrote in message news:1139895117.180056.60840@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > To the responders who replied with positive responses - Thanks. This is > why I asked the group for help since I am not a professional but have a > huge desire to learn. I enjoy the challenge of working on the radios > and fixing them. Dan > I suggest a blind eye, thick skin and periodic use of the "Block Sender" button. Beyond that, there are plenty of people here willing to help out. Paul P Article: 330466 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gordon Richmond Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Message-ID: <4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com> References: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:45:31 GMT Sounds like a worthy idea, Paul, but I kind of question the need of having the tubes illuminated at all. Few AA5s, in my recollection at least, had the tubes very visible, unless maybe you peered in the vent holes in the back. If a museum visitor spins the set around to peer in the back, then they will find the wire that pipes in the programming, and the illusion will be shattered anyway. If I had a suitable Conelrad-era AA5, I'd be happy to donate it, but the ones I have are older. I was browsing the "militaria" section on eBay a couple weeks ago, and saw several CD type radiation counters there; looked to be going cheap too. Also fallout shelter signs. Worth a look. Gordon Richmond Article: 330467 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Iain Churches" Subject: Re: Mick's AX84 High Octane Build: Circuit board layout and soldering... Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:17:45 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1139848976.069537.5150@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1139866382.243238.266590@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139874949.990993.96930@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> "t.hoehler" wrote in message news:KfcIf.797518$xm3.283691@attbi_s21... > > "Mick" wrote in message > news:1139874949.990993.96930@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> RickH said: >> *** >> Are you using metal film resistors throughout? >> *** >> >> Yes, except for the higher wattage resistors. And in anticipation of >> the inevitable discussion, I have never been able to tell any >> difference in sound based on resistor type, but I have confirmed that >> the metals are far better toleranced and stable (all the films are 1%, >> the oxides are 5%). I welcome any scientific proof that a different >> resistor type sounds better, or even a single verified test of any >> sonic difference at all. >> >> Mick > > Just from personal experience, metal films are quieter than carbon comp > resistors. I always liked the clean, shiny colorful look of 1/2 watt and 1 > watt A-B carbon resistors. But in the front end of a high gain tube amp, > the metal film resistors are sooo much quieter. Not better sound, just > less hiss. A pal of mine who builds very good guitar amps, uses carbon resistors in selected positions. They make the amp sound "just as it should" in his opinion. > OTOH, when you remove the hiss (surface noise) from 78 rpm disc playback, > the music somehow dies a little bit. > Strange, but that's how I hear it. Interesting observation. I do quite a lot of restoration from 78rpm shellac discs. When listening to the surface noise, one sometimes gets the impression there is more hf content in the music than there actually is. Iain Article: 330468 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: John Bachman Subject: Re: Philco 38-4 Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:09:15 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1139798960.707322.292800@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1139851384.162830.166330@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1139895117.180056.60840@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> On 13 Feb 2006 21:31:57 -0800, "Dan Olson" wrote: >To the responders who replied with positive responses - Thanks. This is >why I asked the group for help since I am not a professional but have a >huge desire to learn. I enjoy the challenge of working on the radios >and fixing them. Dan You might also get a copy of the RCA receiving tube manual. Not only does it include tube data but there is some very good vacuum tube and radio basic electronics and design, even complete schematics. They show up on eBay all the time and are quite reasonable. JMHO John Article: 330469 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Larry Fowkes" References: <4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:32:26 GMT "Gordon Richmond" wrote in message news:4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com... . Also fallout shelter signs. Worth a look. The local high school in the city where I grew up still has the fall out shelter signs near many of the doors. I like to point them out to younger folks who have no idea what they are. Apperently at one time there was a large cache of food and other supplies stored in the basement of the building. Although I went to that high school, 30 years ago, I never did have the opportunity to see the basement areas. Larry Fowkes Article: 330470 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Re: Don't tell me someone actually paid this much for a repro References: <1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:45:16 -0500 What set is that??? Never saw one with decals over the knobs. Someone probably thinks they got a Philco 90. Ken AuroraOldRadios wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/PHILCO-Cathedral-Radio-Works-GREAT_W0QQitemZ6602082154 > Article: 330471 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: "Little Wonder Records" Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:02:02 -0400 Message-ID: <11v3hlp36dtk8cf@corp.supernews.com> References: <1139546763.671624.307370@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139797645.679858.226360@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <%VdIf.15036$T35.328597@news20.bellglobal.com> >>> >>>Not to split hairs, George, but this is USENET, developed years before >>>the >>>internet was born... >>> >>> >> >>This is the real internet. What came later was web posting. > > > My apologies, you're right. I was confusing the term "internet" with the > "world wide web". So which one of those things did Al Gore invent? -ex Article: 330472 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:18:22 -0400 Message-ID: <11v3ikef816gpf3@corp.supernews.com> References: <4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com> Larry Fowkes wrote: > "Gordon Richmond" wrote in message > news:4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com... > . Also fallout shelter signs. Worth a look. > > > The local high school in the city where I grew up still has the fall out > shelter signs near many of the doors. I like to point them out to younger > folks who have no idea what they are. Apperently at one time there was a > large cache of food and other supplies stored in the basement of the > building. Although I went to that high school, 30 years ago, I never did > have the opportunity to see the basement areas. > > Larry Fowkes > > Our elementary school also had the fallout shelter signs but we had no fallout shelter! There was no basement but there was a small 'room' area where the coal was stored for heating and there was indeed some food and stuff on shelves down there - enough for the cafeteria staff, anyway. Had there been an actual nuclear emergency I imagine we kids would have been left crispied under our desks with our head between our knees. (I guess lame schemes like this didn't constitute a political scandal back then- haha.) In fairness, we also had the 'evacuation route' signs on the street in front of the school. From my kid perspective they didn't seem to lead anywhere - maybe the powers-that-be knew where to evacuate to. -Bill Article: 330473 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Mike Schultz" References: <4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com> <11v3ikef816gpf3@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:46:29 GMT When I was a kid, one of the neighbors won some serious money on a TV quiz program (the rigged one, as I recall), and the fool used the money to build a fallout shelter in the basement. I wonder if it's still there, and do the current residents know what it was for? -- Mike Schultz "- exray -" wrote in message news:11v3ikef816gpf3@corp.supernews.com... > Larry Fowkes wrote: > >> "Gordon Richmond" wrote in message >> news:4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com... >> . Also fallout shelter signs. Worth a look. >> >> >> The local high school in the city where I grew up still has the fall out >> shelter signs near many of the doors. I like to point them out to younger >> folks who have no idea what they are. Apperently at one time there was a >> large cache of food and other supplies stored in the basement of the >> building. Although I went to that high school, 30 years ago, I never did >> have the opportunity to see the basement areas. >> >> Larry Fowkes >> >> > Our elementary school also had the fallout shelter signs but we had no > fallout shelter! There was no basement but there was a small 'room' area > where the coal was stored for heating and there was indeed some food and > stuff on shelves down there - enough for the cafeteria staff, anyway. > Had there been an actual nuclear emergency I imagine we kids would have > been left crispied under our desks with our head between our knees. (I > guess lame schemes like this didn't constitute a political scandal back > then- haha.) > In fairness, we also had the 'evacuation route' signs on the street in > front of the school. From my kid perspective they didn't seem to lead > anywhere - maybe the powers-that-be knew where to evacuate to. > > -Bill Article: 330474 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Don't tell me someone actually paid this much for a repro Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:01:18 GMT Can't wait to see the look on that guy's face when he gets it. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Ken" wrote in message news:spjIf.2036$Tf3.1968@dukeread09... > What set is that??? Never saw one with decals over the knobs. Someone > probably thinks they got a Philco 90. Ken > > AuroraOldRadios wrote: > >> http://cgi.ebay.com/PHILCO-Cathedral-Radio-Works-GREAT_W0QQitemZ6602082154 >> > Article: 330475 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: paulSPAM@paulsherwin.co.uk (Paul Sherwin) Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:52:37 GMT Message-ID: <43f1de94.14825457@news.demon.co.uk> References: <4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:45:31 GMT, Gordon Richmond wrote: >Sounds like a worthy idea, Paul, but I kind of question the need of >having the tubes illuminated at all. Few AA5s, in my recollection at >least, had the tubes very visible, unless maybe you peered in the vent >holes in the back. If a museum visitor spins the set around to peer in >the back, then they will find the wire that pipes in the programming, >and the illusion will be shattered anyway. I have to agree with this comment. In general you can't see the tubes >from the front of any 1950s radio, so the only way people could see the glow would be by picking the radio up and fiddling with it, which I don't imagine you want to encourage. Even when you can see the tubes, the glow is quite dim. You could power the scale lamps from quite a small transformer scavenged from a scrap ghettoblaster or similar, whereas if you power all the tube heaters you'll need a sizable transformer (maybe 3A). Good luck, Paul. -- Paul Sherwin Consulting http://paulsherwin.co.uk Article: 330476 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: 1950 .... again Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:03:47 -0800 Message-ID: References: Ken Scharf wrote: > Scott W. Harvey wrote: > > >>http://techpreservation.dyndns.org/origbeit/scantips.htm >> > > A question... which works better setting the contrast and brightness > levels for the best looking scan in the preview window, or trying > to adjust the image latter with the image editor software. Or maybe > both? > Both....I tended to keep the settings in the preview window so as to make the untweaked scan looked as close to the original as possible. If that meant keeping the same yellowed color as the original, then that's what it meant. You might try scanning the first preview in full color, and then matching the settings to be the same color (probably somewhat yellowed by now) as the original pages. -Scott -- DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS ABOVE! Instead, go to the following web page to get my real email address: http://member.newsguy.com/~polezi/scottsaddy.htm (This has been done because I am sick of SPAMMERS making my email unusable) Vintage radio schematics, Binary newsgroup archives, TV Test pattern DVD and other great radio-related stuff is just one click away at: http://techpreservation.dyndns.org Article: 330477 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: 1950 radio experimenter Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:10:04 -0800 Message-ID: References: <4597m3F5j0mdU1@individual.net> <45ab82F5nvbrU2@individual.net> Ken Scharf wrote: > Radio Rambler wrote: > >>Ken Scharf wrote: >> >> >> >>>Radio Rambler wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Ken Scharf wrote: >> >> >>BTW >>what linux distro are you using? >>i am glad to see that you are using linux too. life is so much easier not >>having to worry about trojens & spyware. >>i stopped using windows in 2000 & havent looked back >> > > I've been through a few. Right now running Gentoo. Before that > I ran Debian, but got tired of it always being a Dinosaur. I'm using winXP on my laptop now while my house is being remodeled, but once that is done, I will go back to my desktop system running Fedora Core 4. I, too, got tired of squashing spyware and viruses every damn time I accessed the internet with my windows systems. I moved to linux for that purpose in 2003 and it has been joy ever since. Linux simply doesn't have the security issues as OS that uncle Billy wants everyone to use. -Scott -- DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS ABOVE! Instead, go to the following web page to get my real email address: http://member.newsguy.com/~polezi/scottsaddy.htm (This has been done because I am sick of SPAMMERS making my email unusable) Vintage radio schematics, Binary newsgroup archives, TV Test pattern DVD and other great radio-related stuff is just one click away at: http://techpreservation.dyndns.org Article: 330478 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: Don't tell me someone actually paid this much for a repro Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:12:06 -0800 Message-ID: References: <1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Gary Tayman wrote: > Can't wait to see the look on that guy's face when he gets it. > > > Yeah, especially when he sees the slot for cassettes on the side :-) -Scott -- DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS ABOVE! Instead, go to the following web page to get my real email address: http://member.newsguy.com/~polezi/scottsaddy.htm (This has been done because I am sick of SPAMMERS making my email unusable) Vintage radio schematics, Binary newsgroup archives, TV Test pattern DVD and other great radio-related stuff is just one click away at: http://techpreservation.dyndns.org Article: 330479 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul Dietenberger" References: <1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139923118.459557.145900@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1139927727.964686.191840@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Don't tell me someone actually paid this much for a repro Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:56:51 -0600 Message-ID: <43f1f099$0$27788$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.com> "Peter Wieck" wrote in message news:1139927727.964686.191840@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > Yeah, but who is the character that bid against him? It takes at least > two idiots in this case... We had a thread about this thing over on the Forum. It's one of the '70s Philco-Ford R-90 repros. Not exactly a valuable set, though they seem to get a little more than today's repros. Anyway, the character who bid against him is somebody who has suddenly experienced a wild overwhelming urge to buy cathedral radios. The week that set came out this guy bid on no fewer than nine Philco cathedrals, and won six of them for generally higher than the going rate. Who knows what gets into people's heads sometimes....... paul *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com *** Article: 330480 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Don't tell me someone actually paid this much for a repro Message-ID: <3ImIf.4338$xZ4.1991@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:30:07 GMT "AuroraOldRadios" wrote in message news:1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > http://cgi.ebay.com/PHILCO-Cathedral-Radio-Works-GREAT_W0QQitemZ6602082154 > One of the bidders is new, another has a lot of money to waste. Both need to do a little more research before bidding. Maybe the high bidder just bid high to bust up the auction, keeping an innocent (gullible) buyer from being defrauded. I've done this on some obvious fraudulent coin auctions on eBay using throw-away accounts. I usually use a UserID that makes my intentions clear. One such account I use for this is "coinfraudbuster". Or maybe both bidders thought it was a very rare model because it isn't listed in Ron Ramirez' book. If the high bidder thought he was getting a "real" antique radio, he has a good chance for a full PayPal refund (providing the buyer used PayPal), as the seller listed it fraudulently, placing it in the 1930-49 category. That makes the item fall into PayPal's "Item not as described" category. jim menning Article: 330481 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139923118.459557.145900@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Don't tell me someone actually paid this much for a repro Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:40:58 GMT "TerryJ" wrote in message news:cY6dnWpno5I2dGzenZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d@comcast.com... > > Would it be ethical or proper to send an email to the winner telling him what he > actually won? > EBay discourages that, and calls it "auction interference" even if the auction has already ended. But let's put it this way: If you were the bidder (victim), wouldn't you appreciate someone letting you know, and offering advice to try to get your money back on an auction listing that was clearly posted in the wrong category misleading the bidders to assume it was in fact a radio more than 65 years old? Wow, that was a long sentence. Anyway, I usually encourage people to help the victim out, even if it breaks the rules. It's unlikely that someone intentionally pulling a fraud is likely to complain. And if the seller truly made a "mistake" in assuming the radio was indeed old, they should be willing to accept that their mistake lead to erroneous bidding. Auctions like this give legitimate radio collectors and sellers a bad (and undeserved) reputation. Auctions like this are a bad reflection on our hobby. When I see an auction listed in a way that clearly misrepresents the item, I will often contact the seller and see if they either made a mistake, or were intentionally trying to deceive. If they don't willingly correct the listing, I usually try to file a fraud complaint with eBay but that can't be done after the end of the auction. jim menning Article: 330482 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" Subject: Crosley 30-inch round CRT TV Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:03:10 GMT Doggone it. Too few of these exist, and this one has a cracked CRT. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6252874211 Anybody got a spare? jim menning (wanted: 3KP4 and 30BP4 CRT's) Article: 330483 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul Dietenberger" References: Subject: Re: Crosley 30-inch round CRT TV Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:47:04 -0600 Message-ID: <43f2187f$0$27793$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.com> "jim menning" wrote in message news:i3oIf.4345$xZ4.1617@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com... > (wanted: 3KP4 and 30BP4 CRT's) Three inches, or thirty. Geez. Don't you own *anything* in normal human-scale sizes?! :-) -paul *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com *** Article: 330484 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: A few Radios Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:49:27 -0600 Message-ID: <6236-43F22637-846@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net> References: Well,look at it this way,those radios didn't wind up in the city dump or thrown in a junk yard. cuhulin Article: 330485 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" References: <4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com> <43f1de94.14825457@news.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:58:19 GMT > > I have to agree with this comment. In general you can't see the tubes > from the front of any 1950s radio, so the only way people could see > the glow would be by picking the radio up and fiddling with it, which > I don't imagine you want to encourage. Even when you can see the > tubes, the glow is quite dim. You could power the scale lamps from > quite a small transformer scavenged from a scrap ghettoblaster or > similar, whereas if you power all the tube heaters you'll need a > sizable transformer (maybe 3A). > > Good luck, Paul. > -- > Paul Sherwin Consulting http://paulsherwin.co.uk I tend to agree with the above comments. I will take a direction of "Cool" or simulated operation (i.e., fake tubes perhaps). Or maybe dead tubes with a orange lamp to illuminate the interior. I think art wants to show that tubes once existed in stead of little black squares of plastic. I'm thinking now about mounting LEDs under the tube in the socket so it projects a glow up into the tubes. I really did not feel comfortable with a temperature hot display. I feel an alternative coming on. Keep the ideas coming. And Thanks to all for the input. Paul KB3LZP Article: 330486 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" References: <1139798960.707322.292800@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1139851384.162830.166330@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1139895117.180056.60840@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Philco 38-4 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:01:54 GMT > You might also get a copy of the RCA receiving tube manual. Not only > does it include tube data but there is some very good vacuum tube and > radio basic electronics and design, even complete schematics. They > show up on eBay all the time and are quite reasonable. > > JMHO > > John Use this free bee program to supplement the RCA book. http://tdsl.duncanamps.com/ Go to this links page about mid way down. There are helper links for Tube Radio Repair. Most of the sites are Gratis from the participants of this newsgroup. http://www.ppinyot.com/HomePage.htm Paul Article: 330487 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Converting Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:07:01 -0600 Message-ID: <6236-43F22A55-847@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net> References: <3531-43F148AA-1303@storefull-3231.bay.webtv.net> I use two tv sets at the same time.One for my webtv,the other for DirecTV for watching old,old movies on that other tv set.I have them sitting right next to each other on top of and old antique pump organ,(it has real Ivory keys and Ivory inserts on the push/pull knobs,I bought it for $45.00 at the Salvation Army thrift store many years ago) works great for me.My 22 inch Multisync crt computer monitor is sitting on my coffee table,my Velocity Micro ProMagix computer is sitting on an end table by my couch.I use a Gyration www.gyration.com mini keyboard (I prefer wireless mini keyboards so my little doggy wont get snagged in some wires) and Gyration mouse.Three big eyes stareing back at me. cuhulin Article: 330488 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Converting Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:09:59 -0600 Message-ID: <6237-43F22B07-191@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net> References: <3531-43F148AA-1303@storefull-3231.bay.webtv.net> Older model tv sets had a light color trim around the picture screens.That was suppose to make the screens look larger than they actually were. cuhulin Article: 330489 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <43f2187f$0$27793$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.com> Subject: Re: Crosley 30-inch round CRT TV Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:38:02 GMT "Paul Dietenberger" wrote in message news:43f2187f$0$27793$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.com... > "jim menning" wrote in message > news:i3oIf.4345$xZ4.1617@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com... > >> (wanted: 3KP4 and 30BP4 CRT's) > > Three inches, or thirty. Geez. Don't you own *anything* in normal human-scale > sizes?! :-) > > -paul > > > I'm an "odd fellow". ;o) Going to the auction tomorrow Paul? jim menning Article: 330490 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F23FE8.6030908@charter.net> From: Ron Patterson Subject: Delco R-1119, Should I Part Out or Restore? Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:39:04 -0800 Hello All, I just picked up a Delco R-1119. It is complete with all the knobs and the chassis looks to be in good shape. The cabinet is in poor condition though. The veneer on the top and the front corners need replacement. The Top and the front appear to be one piece. I am assuming I would have to replace the top and front as one piece (I have never replaced any veneer before). Is this radio worth the effort or should I part it out? Any input would be appreciated. Ron Article: 330491 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: A few Radios Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:26:48 -0400 Message-ID: <11v4ioma0n6u85f@corp.supernews.com> References: <6236-43F22637-846@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net> cuhulin@webtv.net wrote: > Well,look at it this way,those radios didn't wind up in the city dump or > thrown in a junk yard. > cuhulin > Yet. Article: 330492 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: A few Radios Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:53:34 -0600 Message-ID: <981-43F2515E-1240@storefull-3254.bay.webtv.net> References: <11v4ioma0n6u85f@corp.supernews.com> If they get divorced or he croaks first,she will have a field day (field weeks or months) selling off his old things. cuhulin Article: 330493 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul Dietenberger" References: <43f2187f$0$27793$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.com> Subject: Re: Crosley 30-inch round CRT TV Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:46:49 -0600 Message-ID: <43f25983_1@newspeer2.tds.net> "jim menning" wrote in message news:ukqIf.4356$xZ4.1802@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com... > I'm an "odd fellow". ;o) > > Going to the auction tomorrow Paul? > > jim menning Maybe. I have to work tomorrow, but the office is only four miles from the auction. :-) If it's boring I may make the run up. Don't really need any more T/Os though. I'll think about it. Article: 330494 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Delco R-1119, Should I Part Out or Restore? Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:10:57 -0500 wrote in message news:1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Hello All, > > Is this radio worth the effort or should I part it out? Any input would > be appreciated. > > Ron > Parting out a relatively obscure set may not really do anything to help save another surviving example... On the other hand, if no one needs the donor parts, someone else might be interested in putting the effort into saving the radio as is. Really depends on if anyone needs the parts, or how handsome or unique the set could be when restored. Pete Article: 330495 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F27443.E0007916@netrax.net> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:22:27 -0500 From: Richard Gleitz Subject: Re: Don't tell me someone actually paid this much for a repro References: <1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Wow! I have one of those. Bought it about 25 or so years ago. Ebay here I come! Ka-ching. AuroraOldRadios wrote: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/PHILCO-Cathedral-Radio-Works-GREAT_W0QQitemZ6602082154 Article: 330496 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: Don't tell me someone actually paid this much for a repro Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:29:04 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139923118.459557.145900@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1139933896.852490.102810@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> In <1139933896.852490.102810@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> "AuroraOldRadios" writes: >Jim, you're definitely right about the bad reputation thing. Not only >that, but I run into people selling radios (and other items) all the >time who say "I saw one on Ebay just like my Philco xx and it sold for >$700!". They haven't been watching and participating in Ebay like we >have -- for years and have seen how prices go. I'm not sure if the >seller deliberately misrepresented this item...it's sometimes hard to >judge motives...many people really can't tell the difference between a >1970's repro (is that correct?) and the real 1930s item. Check this out: http://tinyurl.com/8qwot "A Crash Course in Everything Antique". Uh-huh. Crash as in car crash, maybe. "...having taught the subject at the University of Cincinnati. An appraiser on Antiques Roadshow and host of a Cincinnati radio show, Keep Antiquing, he knows his stuff..." Okay, so let's say Mr. Frank Farmer Loomis IV really does know his Shaker from shineola. And he puts a crapophone on the cover of the book? Either he's a fraud, or even the "experts" know very little about our niche. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330497 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Steve P." Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:36:43 -0600 Message-ID: <11v4tsriq2dc265@corp.supernews.com> References: <4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com> <11v3ikef816gpf3@corp.supernews.com> I just started working for a company that's located in a building that dates around the early 30s with a nice large fallout shelter. Fallout shelter signs are all over the place. Apparently the city reinforced the basement walls with thick concrete in the 50s making it into a community shelter. Nobody who works there likes going down there since it's a bit creepy and musty, but I love that kind of stuff. Steve P. "Mike Schultz" wrote in message news:FikIf.5925$3V4.5011@trnddc06... > When I was a kid, one of the neighbors won some serious money on a TV quiz > program (the rigged one, as I recall), and the fool used the money to > build a fallout shelter in the basement. I wonder if it's still there, > and do the current residents know what it was for? Article: 330498 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:37:47 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com> <11v3ikef816gpf3@corp.supernews.com> In "Mike Schultz" writes: >When I was a kid, one of the neighbors won some serious money on a TV quiz >program (the rigged one, as I recall), and the fool used the money to build >a fallout shelter in the basement. I wonder if it's still there, and do the >current residents know what it was for? Watch the Brendan Fraiser movie "Blast from the Past". Not a great flick, but pretty funny. Definitely worth a watch. He grows up in a humungous fallout shelter with his parents and goes above ground for the first time thirty years or so later. There's also a hot swing dance scene with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (I think, or maybe it's Squirrel Nut Zippers) playing a retro club. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330499 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: "Little Wonder Records" Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:39:37 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <1139546763.671624.307370@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139797645.679858.226360@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <%VdIf.15036$T35.328597@news20.bellglobal.com> In <%VdIf.15036$T35.328597@news20.bellglobal.com> "Buck Frobisher" writes: >"George Conklin" wrote in message >news:aDbIf.1427$UN.1208@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> >> "Buck Frobisher" wrote in message >> news:pQ0If.7604$T35.196292@news20.bellglobal.com... >>> >>> Not to split hairs, George, but this is USENET, developed years before >>> the >>> internet was born... >> >> This is the real internet. What came later was web posting. >My apologies, you're right. I was confusing the term "internet" with the >"world wide web". Actually, Usenet dates back to Arpanet days. Commercial traffic was prohibited on the backbone, so Usenet was passed from node to node via UUCP over dialup. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330500 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: A few Radios Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:59:24 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <22780-43F0B447-186@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> <1139854498.756690.108650@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139943241.366703.223630@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> In <1139943241.366703.223630@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> "RadioGary" writes: >I'm waiting to see a response that defends this guys collection with >some sort of logical statement. This doesn't even look like an >Ebay'er storing his stuff for sale. Perhaps a mad scientist wishing >to rid the world of all Ham Radio equipment by just buying it up and >storing it never to be had by man. Oh sorry, that's not logical is it? > Maybe it is. I couldn't stand living like this guy. A lot of my interest in collecting stems from an aesthetic interest, and, uh... I have not the words for that, that... =pile=. But a lot of what I go for he might think is the worst thing, ever. Personal taste is just that. Whatever floats your boat. This is a hobby, after all, and can't and shouldn't be "defended". -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330501 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: A few Radios Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:24:22 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <22780-43F0B447-186@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> <1139944468.692915.71150@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> In <1139944468.692915.71150@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> "DumpsterDiver" writes: >Well, I certainly envy this dude his tolerant wife! >SHEESH! Mine thinks a dozen or so are way too many, and allows me >exactly ONE in a corner of the living room (a nice, working Philco 87 >console that doubles as a room heater in cold weather). Ya must've married her for some reason. :) Radios aren't the only thing in life. >If I read her name correctly ("Voung") she=B4s likely from a culture >(Nam?) where the "man o=B4 the house" still wears the pants! Aaargh! Wherever did this concept come from? Just about every female friend I have likes old machines. Not every single woman, but the vast majority of them. A friend just did a performance with one of my machines (she's also a unix systems administrator): [WARNING!!! THE FOLLOWING LINK IS ***NOT*** KID FRIENDLY!!!] http://www.mishvadevil.com/PerformanceGallery/BadASS/ I also have male friends who not only shouldn't be near anything that plugs in, but are barely qualified to refill their Scotch tape dispenser. Nothing wrong with that. Whether or not you like machines, electronics, math, etc. should have nothing to do with gender. Or wearing pants. Which also shouldn't have anything to do with gender. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330502 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Converting Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:22:08 -0700 Message-ID: <2129-43F28240-1340@storefull-3232.bay.webtv.net> References: <6236-43F22A55-847@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net> Thats alot of monitors .You must be single . I also have 2 tv sets side by side . 26`` LCD for webtv and a 37`` LCD for tv watching . The computer is put away . far to much trouble to get it to do much . Article: 330503 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: 1950 radio experimenter Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:04:56 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4597m3F5j0mdU1@individual.net> <45ab82F5nvbrU2@individual.net> In "Scott W. Harvey" writes: >Linux simply doesn't have the security issues as OS that uncle >Billy wants everyone to use. All it would take to eliminate 99% of the virus problem is to turn off autorun. Microsoft's continual refusal to face this shows where the company's interests really lie -- you can sell more by lying to people about how easy automatic installation and execution of software is than by biting the bullet and constructing a technically sound system. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330504 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: Crosley 30-inch round CRT TV Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:30:20 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: In "jim menning" writes: >Doggone it. Too few of these exist, and this one has a cracked CRT. >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6252874211 >Anybody got a spare? This doesn't directly address your question, and you probably already know about this set, but for anyone else looking for a Sovereign-class television, there's one listed in the ETF's classifieds: http://earlytelevision.org/classifieds.html >(wanted: 3KP4 and 30BP4 CRT's) :) -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330505 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Steve" References: <1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Delco R-1119, Should I Part Out or Restore? Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:31:07 -0800 Message-ID: <43f2926d$0$58118$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> I've had a couple of sets like this. It seems like the top of the cabinets get most of the damage. The approach I took was to remove all of the veneer on the top, paint it black, then re-finish the rest of the cabinet as I normally would. I'll then varnish the whole cabinet, including the black top. While not original, they both turned out great. Steve Article: 330506 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: jakdedert Subject: Re: A few Radios References: <22780-43F0B447-186@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> <1139854498.756690.108650@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139943241.366703.223630@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:39:39 -0600 RadioGary wrote: > I'm waiting to see a response that defends this guys collection with > some sort of logical statement. This doesn't even look like an > Ebay'er storing his stuff for sale. Perhaps a mad scientist wishing > to rid the world of all Ham Radio equipment by just buying it up and > storing it never to be had by man. Oh sorry, that's not logical is it? > Maybe it is. > What's logical about this hobby? Is there a rational 'reason' that any of us collect these things? NO! I expect a large segment of the population looks upon the majority of the posters in this ng just as you do upon this one guy. Defend yourself. What's your 'logical' reason for collecting? I suspect it's much the same thing he would say. To reiterate; he stores this gear where it's safe. He obviously has the means to collect rare, valuable pieces and he appears to know what they're worth. He's not hurting anyone, except those who covet his property. He's actively involved in restoring at least some pieces of his collection. He creates working examples of devices from several non-working examples. He actually USES at least some of it for it's intended purpose. He displays the collection for the world to see...instead of hiding it in a shed to deteriorate. He obviously enjoys what he's doing. It's a way of life for him. While I don't personally enjoy his wise-ass commentary, I don't see a problem with what he's doing. He's not that different from the rest of us...only more extreme. jak > > jakdedert wrote: >> Benjamaniac wrote: >>> "Terry S" wrote in message >>> news:1139854498.756690.108650@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >>>> I'm sorry.. that place is a travesty. Radios stacked like so much >>>> firewood. Every rig there deserves better. What he's doing is known as >>>> simple hoarding. >>>> >>>> If I ever start stacking up my radios like cordwood, it's time to quit >>>> collecting and sell them off. >>>> >>>> Terry. >>>> >>> There was a guy here who did that too. It was a damn shame. When >>> he passed away, they had an auction and I think the total radio count was >>> over 700 if I recall correctly. Not a single one of them was restored, and a >>> great majority of them were in horrible shape. He was just amassing them. >>> Although I liked the guy a lot...I could never bring myself to call him a >>> collector. I agree with you Terry...if I ever started doing that...it would >>> be time to resign from the hobby. >> I'm not sure anyone else scrolled down to the pictures of the guy >> working on several pieces of that gear. None of it looked to be in >> anything close to 'horrible shape.' It appears to be stored in a dry, >> climate controlled environment (his house). He seems to have a good >> handle on what the stuff is worth. I wouldn't be surprised if he--or >> his ham wife--had a plan to properly disperse or preserve it when he dies. >> >> This guy is not just a 'collector'. He's more than that. He literally >> 'lives' radio. I'm sure more than one of us looked at some of that >> stuff with at least a twinge of envy. >> >> jak >> >> >>> Ben >>> >>> >>> > > Article: 330507 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jewelmaker1" References: <7288-43EFA2A6-720@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net> Subject: Re: Converting Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:10:25 GMT it would be a waist to use nice cabinets with the new stuff it dont last that long. you are better to get a nice cabinet to put them in. I used to do conversions. I replaced a zenith tv in a console stereo with a rca colortrack. I had a bakolite radio cab. no radio so i put in a new radio put a solid state tv in a porthole cabinet 20 years ago and sold it and even made a color predicta long before "telstar" http://www.predicta.com/index.shtml was around. I still have the predicta and could change it back but I had no guts for it at the time. it is a cool tv but don't use it eneymore i have moved on to hdtv and the internet wrote in message news:7288-43EFA2A6-720@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net... > I use a RCA 27 inch CRT tv set I bought new on October 15,1999.I have a > Zenith 21 inch screen wooden cabinet floor model tv set I bought new > when I got out of the Army in October,1965.Sometimes I think about > removing the chassis from my Zenith tv set and sitting my RCA tv set > inside the cabinet of my Zenith tv set cabinet.Of course I realize that > wouldn't work out too well because of the screen size differences.Has > anyone else done a similar conversion? Why dont tv set manufactures make > nice wooden cabinet table top and wooden cabinet floor model tv sets > anymore? Geez,the shape of my RCA tv set's cabinet,I can't even sit > anything on top of the cabinet such as one of my old tv lamps.Every > since the demise of the nice looking wooden cabinet tv sets,I haven't > seen a nice looking plastic cabinet tv set yet,,,, cheap two bits worth > of cheap plastic. > cuhulin > Article: 330508 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: 1950 radio experimenter Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:36:30 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4597m3F5j0mdU1@individual.net> <45ab82F5nvbrU2@individual.net> In "Phil Nelson" writes: >Your ISP makes a difference. Last year I caved in and signed up for >satellite TV (and along with it, Internet connection). Bye-bye Earthlink, >with which I had been getting dozens of SPAM emails per day, not to mention >trojan horses and all kinds of other invasion-ware. Now we have no SPAM, no >viruses, no nothing. Don't ask me how the satellite dudes do it, but it's >possible to run Windows and have a clean, trouble-free Internet >connection The problem with mandatory filtering is they might throw away something you want. Maybe, maybe not. Depending on the level of clue, they might trash a lot of things you want. Email from your bank or your sister, for instance. AOL had a habit of arbitrarily sending email into a blackhole. No bounce, no notification, no nothing. Just *poof*, silently gone. > -- with no effort on your part. Very, VERY few things in life work that way. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330509 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: Philco 42.345 Problem Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:40:54 -0400 Message-ID: <11v5c6n7651jhf8@corp.supernews.com> References: <1139976668.261032.275280@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> RadioGary wrote: > Just got into this set. Originally when I fired it up it received, but > real intermittently like the tuning cap was dirty. After doing some > cleaning of all the major and minor stuff, I've now discovered that the > receiver is alive somewhat, but not receiveing or tuning any signals. > With the assistance of my signal generator it sounds like it's > receiving 455khz, the IF only. The question besides where did I go > wrong is what to look for? Is this a recapping issue? None was done > yet. Coil opened up? Any advice or assistance would be appreciated. > I'd guess the local oscillator is kaput. See if you can hear it on a second radio placed beside the Philco. Tune radio #2 to say 1400 kc or so and sweep the tuning of the Philco from about 900 to 1000 kc. If the LO is working you''ll hear it in the second radio. What to do if its dead? Here's a few places to start. Check continuity on the osc coil windings. Is there a bandswitch that could be losing contact? Moisture from your cleaning? Any bad resistors? If you haven't recapped we KNOW there's bad caps! Does this one use loktal tubes? If so they are know for troublesome corroded tube pins. Tuning cap plates shorting? Good luck, Bill Article: 330510 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jim Mueller Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:27:26 -0700 Message-ID: References: <4hu2v15c1lsno2d8kljcqmo6eaqmcujgjh@4ax.com> <11v3ikef816gpf3@corp.supernews.com> <11v4tsriq2dc265@corp.supernews.com> When my kids were going to school in the '80s, one of them made up a tale that our house was actually an old fallout shelter (underground). Everyone in his class wanted to come over and see it. It got him lots of attention as long as no one actually came. -- Jim Mueller wrongname@nospam.com To get my real email address, replace wrongname with eportiz. Then replace nospam with sacbeemail. Article: 330511 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: Philco 42.345 Problem Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:11:30 -0400 Message-ID: <11v66jkbt10ejbc@corp.supernews.com> References: <1139976668.261032.275280@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <11v5c6n7651jhf8@corp.supernews.com> <1140002203.567926.231850@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> RadioGary wrote: > Hey Bill and Mark, > > Thanks for the advice. This is definatly a loctal set as all tubes do > the CLICK into their sockets. > > Octal? Wow how challenged I am. What is octal? Is that the non > locking tube sockets that are inserted with a center key with nub on > one of it's sides? > > I'll recap this set eventually. I've had some amazing problems > disappear as a result of recapping a set. Amazing like in I didn't > think THAT could be related to THAT so to speak. > > Thanks, > > GB Plain 'octal' are the 8-pinners usually with a plastic/bakelite base, large pins, no locking mechanism. Loktals have the metal base, small pins and locking mechanism. Tilt tube in the direction of the tit on the outside of the base to 'unlock' them. As one fella puts it "trying to get an old radio to work properly without replacing the caps is sometimes like trying to start a campfire with wet matches". It may or may not apply to this specific problem but how will you know without testing or replacing them? A leaky cap elsewhere in the circuit can pull down the B+ voltage and prevent oscillation - for instance. GL, Bill Article: 330512 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" References: <1139976668.261032.275280@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <11v5c6n7651jhf8@corp.supernews.com> <1140002203.567926.231850@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Philco 42.345 Problem Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:12:34 GMT See Bianaries for pictures: news:alt.binaries.pictures.radio Octal is "Eight" pins. The large thick ones set in a platsic/plastic like base. Not the tiny stiff wire ones comming diretly out of the bottom of all glass tubes. Do not confuse these with Loctail. A metal base on a tube with the stiff wire like pins comming out of the glass surrounded by metal. Paul. "RadioGary" wrote in message news:1140002203.567926.231850@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > Hey Bill and Mark, > > Thanks for the advice. This is definatly a loctal set as all tubes do > the CLICK into their sockets. > > Octal? Wow how challenged I am. What is octal? Is that the non > locking tube sockets that are inserted with a center key with nub on > one of it's sides? > > I'll recap this set eventually. I've had some amazing problems > disappear as a result of recapping a set. Amazing like in I didn't > think THAT could be related to THAT so to speak. > > Thanks, > > GB > > - exray - wrote: >> RadioGary wrote: >> > Just got into this set. Originally when I fired it up it received, but >> > real intermittently like the tuning cap was dirty. After doing some >> > cleaning of all the major and minor stuff, I've now discovered that the >> > receiver is alive somewhat, but not receiveing or tuning any signals. >> > With the assistance of my signal generator it sounds like it's >> > receiving 455khz, the IF only. The question besides where did I go >> > wrong is what to look for? Is this a recapping issue? None was done >> > yet. Coil opened up? Any advice or assistance would be appreciated. >> > >> >> I'd guess the local oscillator is kaput. See if you can hear it on a >> second radio placed beside the Philco. Tune radio #2 to say 1400 kc or >> so and sweep the tuning of the Philco from about 900 to 1000 kc. If the >> LO is working you''ll hear it in the second radio. >> >> What to do if its dead? Here's a few places to start. >> Check continuity on the osc coil windings. Is there a bandswitch that >> could be losing contact? Moisture from your cleaning? Any bad >> resistors? If you haven't recapped we KNOW there's bad caps! Does this >> one use loktal tubes? If so they are know for troublesome corroded tube >> pins. Tuning cap plates shorting? >> >> Good luck, >> Bill > Article: 330513 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Delco R-1119, Should I Part Out or Restore? Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:06:38 GMT Most people don't realize that for the most part, United Delco and Crosley are one and the same. In 1936, Powel Crosley sold Crosley radio to General Motors, as he wanted to get out of the radio business and start building automobiles. GM then split the company; selling off the homes radios and appliances to Avco, and keeping the car radios under the name United Delco. Avco kept building products under the Crosley name until around 1954, but of course Delco products are still being built today. The Crosley name has also been revived, building some appliances and retro-style radios, but I don't know who the parent company is. Still, if you want to know whatever became of Crosley, take a look at the dash of any GM car. This also explains another phenomenon -- why Crosley automobiles were fitted with Philco radios, or even Motorolas in some. When Powel sold Crosley Radio, he agreed to wash his hands of the company -- meaning he would not buy back any of the products. So the last unanswered question is, why would GM sell off the Crosley home radios, and then attempt to make some under the name Delco? I'm sure there were politics, money, and even patents/copyrights involved. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:HMCdnaX65fV2P2_eRVn-uQ@comcast.com... > Delco sets of this era were mostly made by Stewart-Warner, some by > Crosley. > They are not particularly rare in the Midwest, but are worthy usually of > restoration. I had a nice 12 tube console of this 1937 era... it was a > nice > looking set with a very attractive dial, but I never restored it or played > it. The chassis and cabinet looked very well made. These sets, like the > Silvertones of 1936-8, are real sleepers in today's market, in my opinion. > Same for '35-'37 Grunows. > > Mark Oppat > > > " Uncle Peter" wrote in message > news:lstIf.62484$bF.43280@dukeread07... >> >> wrote in message >> news:1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> > Hello All, >> > > Is this radio worth the effort or should I part it out? Any input > would >> > be appreciated. >> > >> > Ron >> > >> >> Parting out a relatively obscure set may not really do anything to help >> save another surviving example... On the other hand, if no one needs >> the donor parts, someone else might be interested in putting the >> effort into saving the radio as is. Really depends on if anyone needs >> the parts, or how handsome or unique the set could be when >> restored. >> >> Pete >> >> >> > > > Article: 330514 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1139923118.459557.145900@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1139927727.964686.191840@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <43f1f099$0$27788$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.com> <5oGdnSR18OPXjW_enZ2dnUVZ_tGdnZ2d@giganews.com> Subject: Re: Don't tell me someone actually paid this much for a repro Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:09:06 GMT PLEASE don't mention U-Haul and instant collection! I have yet to evaluate the mess we have, as I've been sick in bed ever since. But sooner or later we have to sort that mess out. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Phil Nelson" wrote in message news:ge-dncctm5u242_enZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d@giganews.com... >I did give him my usual patter about where/how to find radios . . . >including meets. Who knows, maybe he showed up at one of those events and >went away with a U-haul and his instant collection :-) > > Phil Nelson > >> Jeez, Phil, send him to a MARC show... we got dozens of cathedrals at >> Lansing!!! Or, Bollingbrook. The sellers there will thank you!!! > > Article: 330515 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: Philco 42.345 Problem Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:18:27 -0400 Message-ID: <11v6e1hnfbghuaf@corp.supernews.com> References: <1139976668.261032.275280@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <11v5c6n7651jhf8@corp.supernews.com> <1140002203.567926.231850@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <11v66jkbt10ejbc@corp.supernews.com> <1140012325.813884.176960@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> RadioGary wrote: > Did you say tit? :) > Yeah, thats one of those technical terms. -Bill Article: 330516 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Daniele" Subject: ID a capacitor Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:23:55 GMT I'm starting to restore a Supreme Diagnometer, i'll do full recapping but i'm not able to recognize this cap if electrolityc or paper, or paper-in-oil it's a 5uF/330V and schematic is not so redable (pic. on the binary). Also a question about the case: this one has something white coating into, seems some paper based foils or could be something asbestos based?? (pic. with the above). I've added a shot of the batteries that where still into they seems like new, how many years are old them? Thanks, -- Daniele ^___^ http://www.tuberadio.it Article: 330517 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Larry Fowkes" References: <1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Delco R-1119, Should I Part Out or Restore? Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:25:13 GMT "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:HMCdnaX65fV2P2_eRVn-uQ@comcast.com... > These sets, like the > Silvertones of 1936-8, are real sleepers in today's market, in my opinion. > Same for '35-'37 Grunows. > > Mark Oppat > Mark, Shhhhh about the Grunows, your gonna wake up the market! I have a couple high end Grunow consoles, 1181 and 1080?? I think. One I got from you, the 1080 with p/p 45's, the other has p/p 6L6's, 11 tube chassis in both. They are fantastic performers, as good as any of my high end Philco, RCA, or Zenith sets. Another plus is that they have some of the roomiest chassis layouts I have seen. Very easy to work on, components are not at all crowded. Larry Fowkes Article: 330518 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Larry Fowkes" References: Subject: Re: ID a capacitor Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:32:54 GMT "Daniele" wrote in message news:vAIIf.178921$65.4930975@twister1.libero.it... > I'm starting to restore a Supreme Diagnometer, > i'll do full recapping but i'm not able to recognize this > cap if electrolityc or paper, or paper-in-oil > it's a 5uF/330V and schematic is not so redable > (pic. on the binary). > Also a question about the case: this one has something > white coating into, seems some paper based foils or > could be something asbestos based?? (pic. with the above). > I've added a shot of the batteries that where still into > they seems like new, how many years are old them? > Thanks, > > -- > > Daniele ^___^ > http://www.tuberadio.it > Daniele, I believe that is asbestos, sure looks like it from the photo. There are various trains of thought, some people spray it with a sealer to prevent the fibers from becoming airborne, others carefully remove it and dispose of it. I belong to the second group, I take the unit outside, dampen the asbestos and carefully remove it. In the past six years I have come across perhaps 4 or 5 sets with a piece, generally under the chassis. Larry Fowkes Article: 330519 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Daniele" References: Subject: Re: ID a capacitor Message-ID: <03JIf.178951$65.4931667@twister1.libero.it> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:56:28 GMT Larry Fowkes wrote: > Daniele, > > I believe that is asbestos, sure looks like it from the photo. There > are various trains of thought, some people spray it with a sealer to > prevent the fibers from becoming airborne, others carefully remove it > and dispose of it. I belong to the second group, I take the unit > outside, dampen the asbestos and carefully remove it. In the past six > years I have come across perhaps 4 or 5 sets with a piece, generally > under the chassis. > > Larry Fowkes Thanks Larry, that's what i was thinking about.. actually it's starting to fly so i've sealed it away from the radio room.. I think that i will not use this case now, it's in really bad shape and i 've another couple ready to have the gear when done. I will keep it, maybe one day i will protect my self and decide to remove it, i don't like too much the sealer way.. -- Daniele ^___^ http://www.tuberadio.it Article: 330520 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Bill Morris" Subject: National Union Batteries Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:57:32 -0500 Message-ID: <43f35d7a$0$7336$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net> Did National Union ever issue a battery catalog? I'd like to find any available data--part numbers, voltage, measurements, etc. Bill Article: 330521 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Lou deGonzague Subject: Re: ID a capacitor References: Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:36:21 GMT Maybe it's a spec of dust but that looks like .5 to me. Also it looks like asbestos to me. Haven't seen those old 9 lives batteries in along time, maybe the 60's? Daniele wrote: > I'm starting to restore a Supreme Diagnometer, > i'll do full recapping but i'm not able to recognize this > cap if electrolityc or paper, or paper-in-oil > it's a 5uF/330V and schematic is not so redable > (pic. on the binary). > Also a question about the case: this one has something > white coating into, seems some paper based foils or > could be something asbestos based?? (pic. with the above). > I've added a shot of the batteries that where still into > they seems like new, how many years are old them? > Thanks, > > -- > > Daniele ^___^ > http://www.tuberadio.it > > Article: 330522 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "William R. Walsh" References: <1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Delco R-1119, Should I Part Out or Restore? Message-ID: <_JKIf.770047$x96.171219@attbi_s72> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:50:34 GMT Hi! > So the last unanswered question is, why would GM sell off the Crosley home > radios, and then attempt to make some under the name Delco? I'm sure there > were politics, money, and even patents/copyrights involved. I don't know, but that's an informative/interesting post. I have a Delco "table radio" (six tube, Model R-1235, Bakelite casing) that appears to have been made by RCA. At least I've seen a lot of RCA branded sets with the exact same design. I also have a chassis which would be identical to the Delco. I know it was in an RCA radio (as I have the dial glass) and I think the cabinet (long gone by the time I got there) was wooden. (Not sure why someone parted it out. The chassis needs recapped and the dial restrung, but it does play reasonably well.) These don't seem to be rare radios. The last hamfest I went to had a *lot* of them in various styles. However, this radio does seem to have an excellent tone, plenty of talking power and good sensitivity. I listen to it a lot! William Article: 330523 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: OT: Technical manual rant. Message-ID: <_kMIf.12298$Ou1.8541@tornado.socal.rr.com> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:40:26 GMT I called an equipment vendor for technical support and asked why something wasn't working. "Oh that, well, you have to do _this_ to make it work." When I asked why the _this_ wasn't in the manual, the reply was "Well, everyone knows that." To paraphrase Jeff Foxworthy, "Your Honor, they needed killing." I should bill them for several hours of my time that I wasted being oblivious to the _this_ I should have already known. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330524 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "John Wilkie" Subject: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:00:41 -0600 Message-ID: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> I won a radio on eBay for 48.00. Before auction was over asked seller if local pickup was OK. He had no problem with local pickup. As soon as auction was over emailed seller as to address for pickup and whether he wanted payment right away with paypal or when radio was picked up. Two days later I finally hear from him. Says he is sorry to tell me but he dropped the radio and it is in terrible shape. No offer to sell at a lower price or what I should do. I think he wanted to get more than the 48.00 for the radio but there was no reserve put on it. What do some of you think? What do I do now? I am fairly new to eBay (only 15 radios or tubes so far) and have never had this happen before. Thankd for any suggestions. John Article: 330525 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: paulSPAM@paulsherwin.co.uk (Paul Sherwin) Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:18:56 GMT Message-ID: <43f3996d.40551009@news.demon.co.uk> References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:00:41 -0600, "John Wilkie" wrote: >I won a radio on eBay for 48.00. Before auction was over asked seller if >local pickup was OK. He had no problem with local pickup. >As soon as auction was over emailed seller as to address for pickup and >whether he wanted payment right away with paypal or when radio was picked >up. >Two days later I finally hear from him. Says he is sorry to tell me but he >dropped the radio and it is in terrible shape. No offer to sell at a lower >price or what I should do. >I think he wanted to get more than the 48.00 for the radio but there was no >reserve put on it. >What do some of you think? What do I do now? I am fairly new to eBay (only >15 radios or tubes so far) and have never had this happen before. Thankd for >any suggestions. It happens, walk away. Also, be very wary of 'second chance offers' which arrive shortly after the end of an auction supposedly because the winner has pulled out. The 'winner' is likely to be a shill bidder for the seller who has bid to discover your maximum bid then withdrawn. Tell the seller to shove the radio where the sun don't shine. There are lots of good people buying and selling on fleabay but every so often you'll encounter some pondlife. Just try not to get suckered and put it down to experience. Best regards, Paul -- Paul Sherwin Consulting http://paulsherwin.co.uk Article: 330526 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Daniele" References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:28:20 GMT John Wilkie wrote: > I think he wanted to get more than the 48.00 for the radio but there > was no reserve put on it. > What do some of you think? It happens the same to me with a Zenith Shutterdial chassis in great conditions, auction ended at half it's value. DROPPED. I offered to buy it at same price for spares.. he answered he had just thrown it away, no pictures. What do I do now? I am fairly new to eBay > (only 15 radios or tubes so far) and have never had this happen > before. Thankd for any suggestions. i forgot timing difference between Italy and US so i made wrong calculations... but.. i would wait the last minute of the 90th day and put a negative, he will have no enough time to make the same to you. You can keep under control you feedback status in your eBay page, keep note of ending time because it will be ending time for leaving feedbacks. -- Daniele ^___^ http://www.tuberadio.it Article: 330527 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Daniele" References: <1140024337.310954.12110@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: ID a capacitor Message-ID: <%1OIf.970$S6.13900@twister2.libero.it> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:36:43 GMT nesesu wrote: > Daniele, that cap is a 'non-polar ' electrolytic. It can be replaced > with two 10u 350V polar electrolytics in series [minus to minus with > the plus ends connected to the circuit points], but nowadays it would > be easier and better to just use a 5u 400V film cap. Great| > I have seen that white coating on a few wood cased instruments and I > don't know what it is. It MAY be asbestos, but it doesn't really look > like it; Asbestor was almost always used in sheet form and stapled or > glued on. It looks more like a 'whitewash' and may be some suspension > of a mineral fireproofing. Looks like four pre-cutted and glued sheets > Seems to me that that style of Eveready leakproof case [it worked on > them] date from beginning about 1958-60 and was used for ages after > that. Thanks! -- Daniele ^___^ http://www.tuberadio.it Article: 330528 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Daniele" References: Subject: Re: ID a capacitor Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:42:43 GMT Lou deGonzague wrote: > Maybe it's a spec of dust but that looks like .5 to me. I confirm .5, missed the point... Also it looks > like asbestos to me. Haven't seen those old 9 lives batteries in along > time, maybe the 60's? WWWwwooOOOooAAAaaaaHH... *L@@K* *RARE* *OLD* *VINTAGE* *MINT* *TRANSISTOR NOT MULLARD AUDIO OUTPUT TUBE TUBES* .....eBay batteries! :-)) -- Daniele ^___^ http://www.tuberadio.it Article: 330529 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: OT: Technical manual rant. Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:22:51 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <_kMIf.12298$Ou1.8541@tornado.socal.rr.com> In <_kMIf.12298$Ou1.8541@tornado.socal.rr.com> Jeffrey D Angus writes: >I called an equipment vendor for technical support and asked >why something wasn't working. "Oh that, well, you have to do >_this_ to make it work." When I asked why the _this_ wasn't >in the manual, the reply was "Well, everyone knows that." >To paraphrase Jeff Foxworthy, "Your Honor, they needed killing." "There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy ..." -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330530 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Converting Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:14:02 -0600 Message-ID: <7814-43F3B5BA-1377@storefull-3257.bay.webtv.net> References: That's why I use my webtv most of the time.No problems with webtv.webtv can do some things computers can't do and computers can do many things webtv can't do.Computers are really no big problem though if you use a good anti-virus program and keep it updated all the time.On the msntv (webtv) one plan with dial up or DSL,webtv is free. Yep,I am single (but not "funny") I was always too chicken to get hitched. cuhulin Article: 330531 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: A few Radios Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:21:29 -0600 Message-ID: <7814-43F3B779-1379@storefull-3257.bay.webtv.net> References: Can't figure that redhead woman out.I once saw a gal at www.screaminglynx.com I sure would like to find that Dancing Disco Girl clip again. cuhulin Article: 330532 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Georg Richter" <520066970381-0001@T-Online.de> Subject: Re: Q: Conar - a division of National Radio Institute? Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:35:08 +0100 Message-ID: References: <43f13fcf$0$25071$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> CLFE wrote: > >> Who is "Conar"? > >> > Ken wrote: > > I remember Conar, I once got their catalogs. They had a real > > simple novice receiver and transmitter covering the 80,40, and 15 > > meter bands. I think they also rebranded some heathkits. > > CONAR was a division of National Radio Institute - which was a part of > McGraw Hill........ The school went out of business about 10 years or so > ago - maybe a tad longer. I think someone was right about them reworking > some "heathkit" gear... though I couldn't swear to it. They offered many > types of courses, which weren't too bad. I think Cleveland Institute of > Electronics courses were a bit more involved. I've seen books from the > complete courses on FCC Licensing. > CIE had them beat hands down - in my opinion. I don't recall CIE offering > any radio gear in the FCC course, but NRI did. At any rate, they (NRI) still > did offer some decent courses. They also expanded into other areas as > well..... away from Electronics. > > About once a month I see the ole Novice Transmitter/Receiver and such on > E-Bay. Usually always some test gear. I've got two of their CONAR 452 2meter > rigs and about 6 of their Power Supplies (5-15 VDC @ 6 AMP). I also have > about 3 of their VOMs and 2 of their Frequency Counters which were good to 6 > MHz and pretty decent for the stuff they could do. Their equipment > isn't/wasn't too bad..... > > CLF Thank you both, @CLF: do you have pictures? The question remains open: "Conar" a fictive "company"? I am wondering about "division of ... institute" was producing such equipment in series. Kind Regards Georg Article: 330533 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:37:59 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <43f3996d.40551009@news.demon.co.uk> In <43f3996d.40551009@news.demon.co.uk> paulSPAM@paulsherwin.co.uk (Paul Sherwin) writes: >On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:00:41 -0600, "John Wilkie" > wrote: >>I won a radio on eBay for 48.00. Before auction was over asked seller if >>local pickup was OK. He had no problem with local pickup. >>As soon as auction was over emailed seller as to address for pickup and >>whether he wanted payment right away with paypal or when radio was picked >>up. >>Two days later I finally hear from him. Says he is sorry to tell me but he >>dropped the radio and it is in terrible shape. No offer to sell at a lower >>price or what I should do. >>I think he wanted to get more than the 48.00 for the radio but there was no >>reserve put on it. >>What do some of you think? What do I do now? I am fairly new to eBay (only >>15 radios or tubes so far) and have never had this happen before. Thankd for >>any suggestions. >It happens, walk away. I'd agree with Paul. An alternative, if you really, really want the radio, is to ask him to stop screwing around and put his cards on the table: "What really happened? Did you drop the radio, or did you decide not to sell it for the price I offered? If the former, I apologize for the implication, but if the latter, how much do you want for it?" Not like I'm trying to reward bad behavior -- he shouldn't have done what he done. But people make mistakes, have regrets, etc. Somebody who does this on a regular basis has a mental problem; somebody who does it once just screwed up. They shouldn't have, but they did. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330534 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Daniele" References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <1140046717.335412.147950@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:44:57 GMT AuroraOldRadios wrote: > You might mention that if you > see this item appear for sale again by this seller, you will report > the seller to Ebay. The seller has surely who will buy the item for highest price and simply will not answer to emails. I would follow my 'last minute negative' way. -- Daniele ^___^ http://www.tuberadio.it Article: 330535 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:36:10 -0700 Message-ID: <28619-43F3BAEA-48@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net> References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> I would tell him .. Thats ok i will be over to pick it up . Article: 330536 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Lou deGonzague Subject: Re: ID a capacitor References: Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:54:52 GMT A .5 uf 630 volt mylar cap should be ok to use here, easy to find. Daniele wrote: > Lou deGonzague wrote: > >> Maybe it's a spec of dust but that looks like .5 to me. > > I confirm .5, missed the point... > > Also it looks >> like asbestos to me. Haven't seen those old 9 lives batteries in along >> time, maybe the 60's? > > WWWwwooOOOooAAAaaaaHH... *L@@K* *RARE* *OLD* *VINTAGE* > *MINT* *TRANSISTOR NOT MULLARD AUDIO OUTPUT TUBE TUBES* > .....eBay batteries! :-)) > > > -- > > Daniele ^___^ > http://www.tuberadio.it > > > > > > > > Article: 330537 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "CLFE" References: <43f13fcf$0$25071$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> Subject: Re: Q: Conar - a division of National Radio Institute? Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:59:32 -0500 Message-ID: <43f3c05d$0$25091$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> Contact me direct, maybe I can give more "specific" info - and as to pictures, what of? If I have what it is you're looking for, I'll be glad to get them to you via E-Mail. I can say - so far as "my" knowledge goes, that "if" they were reworking Heathkit items, they didn't really (in my own opinion) look like the "Heathkit" line. Some of the "older" (before my time) items may have but not what I have. They did a decent job of putting the kits together in a "learning" experience - unlike Heathkit's manuals. Not that there was fault with Heathkit's maunals, but these manuals were made to divide the kits up in sections and experiment to see what they did in stages so the whole picture could be gained in the end. I can't speak for all of NRI's courses, but from what I've seen of the Electronics courses I have experience with - seeing and doing - not bad..... I had lots of other experience over and above that, but the course was decent. Feel free to e-mail me direct or via the address in this site. -- WWW.CLFURENT.COM CLF "Georg Richter" <520066970381-0001@T-Online.de> wrote in message news:dt0drd$qjh$01$1@news.t-online.com... > CLFE wrote: > >> >> Who is "Conar"? >> >> > >> Ken wrote: > >> > I remember Conar, I once got their catalogs. They had a real >> > simple novice receiver and transmitter covering the 80,40, and 15 >> > meter bands. I think they also rebranded some heathkits. >> >> CONAR was a division of National Radio Institute - which was a part > of >> McGraw Hill........ The school went out of business about 10 years > or so >> ago - maybe a tad longer. I think someone was right about them > reworking >> some "heathkit" gear... though I couldn't swear to it. They offered > many >> types of courses, which weren't too bad. I think Cleveland Institute > of >> Electronics courses were a bit more involved. I've seen books from > the >> complete courses on FCC Licensing. >> CIE had them beat hands down - in my opinion. I don't recall CIE > offering >> any radio gear in the FCC course, but NRI did. At any rate, they > (NRI) still >> did offer some decent courses. They also expanded into other areas > as >> well..... away from Electronics. >> >> About once a month I see the ole Novice Transmitter/Receiver and > such on >> E-Bay. Usually always some test gear. I've got two of their CONAR > 452 2meter >> rigs and about 6 of their Power Supplies (5-15 VDC @ 6 AMP). I also > have >> about 3 of their VOMs and 2 of their Frequency Counters which were > good to 6 >> MHz and pretty decent for the stuff they could do. Their equipment >> isn't/wasn't too bad..... >> >> CLF > > Thank you both, > > @CLF: do you have pictures? > > The question remains open: "Conar" a fictive "company"? > I am wondering about "division of ... institute" was producing > such equipment in series. > > Kind Regards > Georg > > Article: 330538 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Daniele" Subject: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:01:27 GMT Are they worth to clean small pieces, screws...? -- Daniele ^___^ http://www.tuberadio.it Article: 330539 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Heathkit 1G-42 Signal Gen Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:18:17 -0500 Anyone have a voltage chart for this unit? Bama only has the schematic. Thanks, Ken Article: 330540 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Ed" References: Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:21:55 GMT I bought a small one and used it for the first time this past weekend. I think it depends on the cleaning agent you use as much as anything. I guess I'm glad I bought it, but I'm going to have to be further impressed before buying a larger model for bigger parts. "Daniele" wrote in message news:rhPIf.179645$65.4951168@twister1.libero.it... > Are they worth to clean small pieces, screws...? > > > -- > > Daniele ^___^ > http://www.tuberadio.it > > Article: 330541 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "John Wilkie" Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:13:20 -0600 Message-ID: <11v7kdpfehgbb77@corp.supernews.com> References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <28619-43F3BAEA-48@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net> <1140050944.370780.188820@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> I sent a follow-up email asking if he really dropped the radio or was it that he didn't want to sell it at the winning price. Suggested a lower price could be negotiated if the damage was not to extent. That was 6 hours ago. Haven't heard from him yet. He had 3 other auctions running at the same time. Some big bucks involved in a couple of them. I wonder how those winners are making out. Article: 330542 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "CLFE" References: <43f13fcf$0$25071$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43f3c05d$0$25091$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> Subject: Re: Q: Conar - a division of National Radio Institute? Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:17:56 -0500 Message-ID: <43f3d2bd$0$25076$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> I could be wrong - my memory fails me at times even at my early age - but something is telling me that CONAR stood for Company Of NA(National) Radio......... CONAR. I keep thinking that somewhere in my books there is a breakdown of how the name was derived - which I could actually quote here to end all guessing. But still in all - the whole enchalada was a division of "McGraw Hill" a company that creates MANY books and has other subdivisions as well. clf "CLFE" wrote in message news:43f3c05d$0$25091$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net... > Contact me direct, maybe I can give more "specific" info - and as to > pictures, what of? If I have what it is you're looking for, I'll be glad > to get them to you via E-Mail. I can say - so far as "my" knowledge goes, > that "if" they were reworking Heathkit items, they didn't really (in my > own opinion) look like the "Heathkit" line. Some of the "older" (before my > time) items may have but not what I have. They did a decent job of putting > the kits together in a "learning" experience - unlike Heathkit's manuals. > Not that there was fault with Heathkit's maunals, but these manuals were > made to divide the kits up in sections and experiment to see what they did > in stages so the whole picture could be gained in the end. I can't speak > for all of NRI's courses, but from what I've seen of the Electronics > courses I have experience with - seeing and doing - not bad..... I had > lots of other experience over and above that, but the course was decent. > > Feel free to e-mail me direct or via the address in this site. > -- > WWW.CLFURENT.COM > > CLF > > "Georg Richter" <520066970381-0001@T-Online.de> wrote in message > news:dt0drd$qjh$01$1@news.t-online.com... >> CLFE wrote: >> >>> >> Who is "Conar"? >>> >> >> >>> Ken wrote: >> >>> > I remember Conar, I once got their catalogs. They had a real >>> > simple novice receiver and transmitter covering the 80,40, and 15 >>> > meter bands. I think they also rebranded some heathkits. >>> >>> CONAR was a division of National Radio Institute - which was a part >> of >>> McGraw Hill........ The school went out of business about 10 years >> or so >>> ago - maybe a tad longer. I think someone was right about them >> reworking >>> some "heathkit" gear... though I couldn't swear to it. They offered >> many >>> types of courses, which weren't too bad. I think Cleveland Institute >> of >>> Electronics courses were a bit more involved. I've seen books from >> the >>> complete courses on FCC Licensing. >>> CIE had them beat hands down - in my opinion. I don't recall CIE >> offering >>> any radio gear in the FCC course, but NRI did. At any rate, they >> (NRI) still >>> did offer some decent courses. They also expanded into other areas >> as >>> well..... away from Electronics. >>> >>> About once a month I see the ole Novice Transmitter/Receiver and >> such on >>> E-Bay. Usually always some test gear. I've got two of their CONAR >> 452 2meter >>> rigs and about 6 of their Power Supplies (5-15 VDC @ 6 AMP). I also >> have >>> about 3 of their VOMs and 2 of their Frequency Counters which were >> good to 6 >>> MHz and pretty decent for the stuff they could do. Their equipment >>> isn't/wasn't too bad..... >>> >>> CLF >> >> Thank you both, >> >> @CLF: do you have pictures? >> >> The question remains open: "Conar" a fictive "company"? >> I am wondering about "division of ... institute" was producing >> such equipment in series. >> >> Kind Regards >> Georg >> >> > > Article: 330543 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <28619-43F3BAEA-48@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net> <1140050944.370780.188820@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <11v7kdpfehgbb77@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:37:37 -0500 "John Wilkie" wrote in message news:11v7kdpfehgbb77@corp.supernews.com... > I sent a follow-up email asking if he really dropped the radio or was it > that he didn't want to sell it at the winning price. Suggested a lower price > could be negotiated if the damage was not to extent. > That was 6 hours ago. Haven't heard from him yet. > He had 3 other auctions running at the same time. Some big bucks involved in > a couple of them. I wonder how those winners are making out. > > I'd be tempted to be the high bidder, and then back out after discovering the money I was going to pay him with was counterfeit. Pete Article: 330544 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:43:28 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <28619-43F3BAEA-48@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net> <1140050944.370780.188820@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <11v7kdpfehgbb77@corp.supernews.com> In " Uncle Peter" writes: >I'd be tempted to be the high bidder, and then back out after discovering >the money I was going to pay him with was counterfeit. :) :) :) "The buyer no longer has the funds available because the money was spent elsewhere." -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330545 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "t.hoehler" References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <28619-43F3BAEA-48@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net> <1140050944.370780.188820@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <11v7kdpfehgbb77@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:07:24 GMT " Uncle Peter" wrote in message news:MHQIf.64000$bF.25741@dukeread07... > > "John Wilkie" wrote in message > news:11v7kdpfehgbb77@corp.supernews.com... >> I sent a follow-up email asking if he really dropped the radio or was it >> that he didn't want to sell it at the winning price. Suggested a lower > price >> could be negotiated if the damage was not to extent. >> That was 6 hours ago. Haven't heard from him yet. >> He had 3 other auctions running at the same time. Some big bucks involved > in >> a couple of them. I wonder how those winners are making out. >> >> > > I'd be tempted to be the high bidder, and then back out after discovering > the money I was going to pay him with was counterfeit. > > Pete > > Ohhh, I like that! Good one Pete! Seriously, thank your lucky stars no > money changed hands and you were able to walk away unharmed. Tom > Article: 330546 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <28619-43F3BAEA-48@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net> <1140050944.370780.188820@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <11v7kdpfehgbb77@corp.supernews.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:12:28 GMT I'm beginning to see a pattern here. Were you people all raised by wolves? What's the problem? OK, fine...the seller screwed up. Move on. (And yes, I will note that at least one other person suggested that.) The suggestions given on this are infinitely more telling of your character than the periodic "What would you do?" postings about the widows and orphans selling off a Zenith Strat. But really, why all the machinations to screw somebody over something you didn't pay for? To quote William Shatner at a Star Trek convention, "Get a life people." Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330547 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:14:35 +0900 Message-ID: References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <28619-43F3BAEA-48@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net> <1140050944.370780.188820@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <11v7kdpfehgbb77@corp.supernews.com> "John Wilkie" wrote in message news:11v7kdpfehgbb77@corp.supernews.com... >I sent a follow-up email asking if he really dropped the radio or was it >that he didn't want to sell it at the winning price. Suggested a lower >price could be negotiated if the damage was not to extent. > That was 6 hours ago. Haven't heard from him yet. > He had 3 other auctions running at the same time. Some big bucks involved > in a couple of them. I wonder how those winners are making out. It's kind of sad that most here are automatically assuming the worst of this seller... even if it turns out to be so, shouldn't we be giving him the benefit of the doubt? I actually HAVE accidentally destroyed items that were sold (well, once anyway).. and I sure didn't like the fact I had screwed up and had to give back the money on the sale. More recently someone wanted to buy a small item that I had advertised on another venue, and I told him I still had it. He sent the money before I could actually go and find the item. I didn't find it (I do know I still have it, but where completely escapes me), and had to refund his money. I did tell him that if and when I did find the item, if he still wanted it, I would be happy to sell it to him. So yeah, stuff happens.. and it's sad that people just assume the worst.. Article: 330548 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Philco 38-4 From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa /W4 Snowbird) References: <1139798960.707322.292800@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:20:33 GMT In article <1139798960.707322.292800@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, Zeenithman@yahoo.com says... > > >What am I missing? >Thanks Dan > If cleaning the bandswitch does do it... then perhaps one of the three bandswitch sections is damaged?.. check the resistors next.... if they are high in value then maybe the tube just won't oscillate at the SW frequencies... Original spec on them was + / - 20 percent... if any are close to 20% or more high.... then replace them.. that switch ... all they are going with it is shorting out part of a coil in three different places... so radio works on AM band all coils have to be OK... and if no SW then one of the shorting out sections in the switch is NOT doing its job... John k9uwa /w4 Article: 330549 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners Message-ID: <%nRIf.2047$JR6.246@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:24:59 GMT I remember many years ago Heathkit offered one. Many times I thought about getting one for cleaning small parts: however I never broke down and ordered one. Now Heathkit's gone. I'm still curious as to whether this is a worthwhile tool for cleaning radio parts -- so I'm open to hear your feedback. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Daniele" wrote in message news:rhPIf.179645$65.4951168@twister1.libero.it... > Are they worth to clean small pieces, screws...? > > > -- > > Daniele ^___^ > http://www.tuberadio.it > > Article: 330550 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Signal Tracers needed for Newbies From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa /W4 Snowbird) References: <9GbHf.152$_c.143@tornado.tampabay.rr.com> <6fGdnTnL0M7lq2zenZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@giganews.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:25:12 GMT In article <6fGdnTnL0M7lq2zenZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@giganews.com>, philnelson@nospam.xyz says... > > >Your EICO was shipped today. Happy Free Friday. > >Phil > > Thanks Phil .. and the Newbie also thanks you and he doesn't know yet he is getting one!... I will make up the cables for it before I give it to him.. thanks John k9uwa Article: 330551 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "t.hoehler" References: <%nRIf.2047$JR6.246@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:43:46 GMT "Gary Tayman" wrote in message news:%nRIf.2047$JR6.246@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... >I remember many years ago Heathkit offered one. Many times I thought about >getting one for cleaning small parts: however I never broke down and >ordered one. Now Heathkit's gone. I'm still curious as to whether this is >a worthwhile tool for cleaning radio parts -- so I'm open to hear your >feedback. > I have a small tube type unit, came out of a load of hospital junk. It works pretty well, the solution you put in it makes a big difference. I have tried many liquids but the best results are with plain water with a little automatic dishwasher powder in it. Make up about a quart in a jar, two tablespoons of powder, shake it well then pour it into the cleaning tank. The solution lasts a long time if you keep the lid on when not using it. tom Article: 330552 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa /W4 Snowbird) References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <43f3996d.40551009@news.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:05:45 GMT In article <43f3996d.40551009@news.demon.co.uk>, paulSPAM@paulsherwin.co.uk says... > > >It happens, walk away. > >Also, be very wary of 'second chance offers' which arrive shortly >after the end of an auction supposedly because the winner has pulled On this 2nd chance offer.... be VERY CAREFUL about them.... if you get an email offer of one of these.... ya better go sign into ebay.com and see if there is a message in your ebay messages offering this 2nd chance deal..... most of these 2nd chance offers are really what FleaBay calls "Phishing" .... guess thats the politically correct term... I call them FRAUDSTERS ... they have stolen the description and pictures from an auction for usually a high priced item.... and if your dumb enough to click it up from your email... it will look just like a real 2nd chance offer.... except when U go to try and take the guy up on the offer.... he is gonna have your ID and PASSWORD and he is gonna have a ball stealing your money.... John k9uwa /w4 snowbird Article: 330553 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: Subject: Re: ID a capacitor Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:15:35 -0500 "Lou deGonzague" wrote in message news:gbPIf.11732$z%5.2141@twister.nyroc.rr.com... > A .5 uf 630 volt mylar cap should be ok to use here, easy to find. > 1.717 x 350 = 566 volts. The 0.5 mfd mylar as suggested by Lou would be an ideal replacement. The original NP electrolytic would have a finite life, and a poor ESR. The Mylar cap is the way to go. Pete p.s. looks like asbestos to me too, and the edges are becoming friable--not good. Article: 330554 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: Subject: Re: ID a capacitor Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:17:41 -0500 " Uncle Peter" wrote in message news:D7SIf.64011$bF.14777@dukeread07... > > "Lou deGonzague" wrote in message > news:gbPIf.11732$z%5.2141@twister.nyroc.rr.com... > > A .5 uf 630 volt mylar cap should be ok to use here, easy to find. > > > 1.717 x 350 = 566 volts Late night. 1.414 x 350 = 500 volts. 630 volt would give a good safety margin. Pete Article: 330555 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: OT: Technical manual rant. Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:24:46 -0800 Message-ID: References: <_kMIf.12298$Ou1.8541@tornado.socal.rr.com> Jeffrey D Angus wrote: > I called an equipment vendor for technical support and asked > why something wasn't working. "Oh that, well, you have to do > _this_ to make it work." When I asked why the _this_ wasn't > in the manual, the reply was "Well, everyone knows that." > > To paraphrase Jeff Foxworthy, "Your Honor, they needed killing." > > I should bill them for several hours of my time that I wasted > being oblivious to the _this_ I should have already known. Jeff, Can you elaborate a little more on what _this_ was? -Scott Article: 330556 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: OT: Technical manual rant. References: <_kMIf.12298$Ou1.8541@tornado.socal.rr.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:02:17 GMT Scott W. Harvey wrote: > Can you elaborate a little more on what _this_ was? It was an interface for a radio controller. It has one transmit output, and two separate receiver inputs. Although the manual stated "You don't need the control receiver input" it neglected to mention that you do indeed need it to initially program the controller. When I talked to them about it, "Oh yeah, to get it to do that, you have to trick it into thinking it's connected. Once it's programmed you can disconnect it." Sigh... Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330557 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: Walnut Veneer Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:03:09 -0400 Message-ID: <11v7ubraf92p35f@corp.supernews.com> References: <1140061968.425885.279460@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Dan Olson wrote: > Does anyone know where to buy walnut veneer that looks like the grain > and color of the type used on most old radios. The only veneer I can > find here is the type that looks like doorskin. It has the backing > which makes it easier to work with. I find it hard to get the stain > color to match the rest of the radio when I have replaced the top or > sides etc. Thanks Dan > Constantines.com has a good selection and I think they also offer a sample pack to aid in choosing. On one occasion I sent a swatch to them and they made a recommendation. -Bill Article: 330558 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gordon Richmond Subject: Re: Cadillac radio belt Message-ID: References: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:06:11 GMT Jeeze, Gary. I had a '62 Cadillac Wonderbar radio that I lugged around to swap meets for years before I finally got rid of it. It had one of those belts on the back. I don't know of a source for the belts, but if I were faced with this problem, I'd try using a pair of thin-section "O" rings on the sheaves. They have a good grip factor. but are not nearly as stretchy as rubber bands. You might be able to make a belt by cutting a thin strip of the neoprene-coated fabric used for patching Zodiac boats, and gluing it into an endless loop with the matching cement. This fabric is roughly the same thickness as those belts were. I made a replacement fuel pump diaphragm for a Studebaker Champion >from a piece of that stuff, and it held up fine. Durable material. Gordon Richmond Article: 330559 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Eric Belanger" Subject: WANTED : Canadian Phonola wind-up gramophone Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:15:03 -0500 Looking for a Canadian made Phonola wind-up gramophone. Upright or flat-top model made between 1907-1925. e-mail with pictures and details. eric_belangernospam@hotmail.com (remove "nospam") Thanks, Eric Article: 330560 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Lyndell Scott" References: <1140061968.425885.279460@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Walnut Veneer Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:31:07 GMT Getting new veneer to match aged veneer is difficult and usually requires toning. I usually use Behlem's American Walnut or Van Dyke Brown NGR dye to match the new to the aged walnut veneer. I apply with a rag or brush, but this method requires the veneer to be sealed first. Ebay is a good source for veneers as you see a photo of the actual lot you are bidding on and the prices are very good. -- Lyndell Scott Audio Antiques http://home.flash.net/~lfscott/ Article: 330561 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "effi" Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:39:46 -0600 Message-ID: <11v80gd93kflo17@corp.supernews.com> References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> "John Wilkie" wrote in message news:11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com... >I won a radio on eBay for 48.00. Before auction was over asked seller if >local pickup was OK. He had no problem with local pickup. > As soon as auction was over emailed seller as to address for pickup and > whether he wanted payment right away with paypal or when radio was picked > up. > Two days later I finally hear from him. Says he is sorry to tell me but he > dropped the radio and it is in terrible shape. No offer to sell at a lower > price or what I should do. > I think he wanted to get more than the 48.00 for the radio but there was > no reserve put on it. > What do some of you think? What do I do now? I am fairly new to eBay (only > 15 radios or tubes so far) and have never had this happen before. Thankd > for any suggestions. > John chill out repeat, chill out turn the computer and tv set off go outside breathe slow and deep there, feel better? yes things break, even in retail outlets, that's why they have scratch and dent sales consider some remedial r&r to undo the programming of living in kkkorporate hawkkk amerikkka Article: 330562 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Technical manual rant. Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:37:34 -0700 Message-ID: <25849-43F40F9E-1935@storefull-3236.bay.webtv.net> References: In the last few years i have found myself restoring jukeboxes . Seeburg puts out some fantastic manuals but other brands are worthless . They use lingo for the mechanical parts that is confusing . The problems many of these old machines have now were never thought of back then . You might as well wipe your butt with a Wurlitzer 1250 service manual . Article: 330563 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Buck Frobisher" Subject: Re: Walnut Veneer Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:59:24 -0500 Message-ID: <11v855us7201r15@news.supernews.com> References: <1140061968.425885.279460@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:maidnbeDzrf4nGneRVn-qg@comcast.com... >I have saved much veneer scraps off of old radios that were trashed. You > leave them out in the rain for a while in summer. You can get several > junk > console cabinets at shows like Extravaganza at the "Good Buy Affair" for > about $5 each, great for veneer salvaging. > > Mark Oppat > > > "Dan Olson" wrote in message > news:1140061968.425885.279460@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... >> Does anyone know where to buy walnut veneer that looks like the grain >> and color of the type used on most old radios. The only veneer I can >> find here is the type that looks like doorskin. It has the backing >> which makes it easier to work with. I find it hard to get the stain >> color to match the rest of the radio when I have replaced the top or >> sides etc. Thanks Dan There's a seller on eBay with the handle of "thinwoodandoldtools" that always has a wide selection, with good clear pictures... Article: 330564 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:53:49 -0700 Message-ID: <25850-43F4136D-595@storefull-3236.bay.webtv.net> References: I`m beginning to see a pattern here. Were you people all raised by wolves? What's the problem? ... then about character etc. No sence in being naive either . Article: 330565 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:49:52 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <25850-43F4136D-595@storefull-3236.bay.webtv.net> In <25850-43F4136D-595@storefull-3236.bay.webtv.net> goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) writes: [Jeff said] >I`m beginning to see a pattern here. >Were you people all raised by wolves? What's the problem? ... then about >character etc. [Ken followed with] >No sence in being naive either . Which is why the first step ought to be to communicate. No guarantee someone's going to tell the truth, but you'd be amazed at how far a neutral posture and a simple "What's up with that?" can get you. Like: What's up with the missing attributions? :) I know, I know -- it's a webtv thing. If y'all are going to insist on using them boxes, add quotes by hand so other folks (me) don't have to do the extra work for you to make sense of the conversation. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330566 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: <1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Don't tell me someone actually paid this much for a repro Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:50:28 GMT I'm guessing they're hashing it out now and it's on its way back by now. I've seen a lot of cheapo repro sets listed as real oldies. The Chinese wooden ones from 10 years ago are very common. A couple of weeks back someone listed a Windsor Hong Kong cheapie cathedral for a huge starting bid. Even had opened it to show the solid state printed circuit innards and molded plastic case without ever tumbling to the fact it did not look 74 years old. A lot of old folks get these things for nostalgia, die, and then granddaughter Susie assumes they must have had them all their lives. eBay has buying guides for a lot of things. Why not one explaining radio evolution and a warning about repros? Oh, wait, what am I thinking? If they did that people wouldn't pay $700 for one. I wonder how the seller is going to get his fee adjusted after this. Does eBay accept "I'm an idiot" as a reason to forgive a fee? Or will he eat the fee to save face? Wish this was being televised. Ray "AuroraOldRadios" wrote in message news:1139892699.669512.237810@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > http://cgi.ebay.com/PHILCO-Cathedral-Radio-Works-GREAT_W0QQitemZ6602082154 > Article: 330567 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: 1950 radio experimenter Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:11:00 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4597m3F5j0mdU1@individual.net> <45ab82F5nvbrU2@individual.net> In "Phil Nelson" writes: [about spam filtering] >Perhaps it depends on what you're using email for. I'm not running a >business. Just me. Oh, absolutely. I can't think of any e-mail that would cause the world to stop spinning if not received. >Either way, if my bank or my sister has something important to say and I >don't instantly reply to an email, they have my phone number. Telephones >still work, last time I tried 'em :-) They sure do. That's a testament to proper design in the first place. And that's exactly what you should demand of the folks you're forking over your hard-earned money to. Proper, (easily) user-selected filtering isn't hard to do. The technology exists, and it's free. It just takes a little bit or reading, rather than playing solitaire all day long. My point isn't that any of this is critical, rather that the effort to do it right is so minimal that anyone taking money -- no matter how little -- owes it to the customer to crack the books. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330568 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: 1950 radio experimenter References: <4597m3F5j0mdU1@individual.net> <45ab82F5nvbrU2@individual.net> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:18:08 GMT Tim Mullen wrote: > The technology exists, and it's free. It just takes a little > bit or reading, rather than playing solitaire all day long. And old saying in system administrative circles. "The difference between an expert and a guru is that a guru actually reads the manuals." Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330569 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: 1950 radio experimenter Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:21:22 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4597m3F5j0mdU1@individual.net> <45ab82F5nvbrU2@individual.net> In Jeffrey D Angus writes: >And old saying in system administrative circles. >"The difference between an expert and a guru is that a guru >actually reads the manuals." But... but... that takes work! Can we go shopping now? -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330570 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Re: Walnut Veneer References: <1140061968.425885.279460@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:17:58 -0500 It's hard to match color and/or grain with the new veneers. Grab and strip every old cabinet you can find and build up a supply. Even then, it's difficult. Ken Dan Olson wrote: > Does anyone know where to buy walnut veneer that looks like the grain > and color of the type used on most old radios. The only veneer I can > find here is the type that looks like doorskin. It has the backing > which makes it easier to work with. I find it hard to get the stain > color to match the rest of the radio when I have replaced the top or > sides etc. Thanks Dan > Article: 330571 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Sparton 558 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:24:58 -0500 Is this a record??? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6600195424 Article: 330572 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Sparton 558 From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa /W4 Snowbird) References: Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:35:38 GMT In article , wklwns@cox.net says... > > >Is this a record??? >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6600195424 > has to be about triple the normal price for this radio... sorry but I wouldn't buy anything from Steve Turner.... ask Dan at outsider studios... the real one that is... John k9uwa /w4 Article: 330573 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa /W4 Snowbird) References: <%nRIf.2047$JR6.246@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:40:04 GMT In article <%nRIf.2047$JR6.246@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>, gtayman@gate.net says... > > >Now Heathkit's gone. >-- >Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical But Harbor Freight is still in business ... they have a small one that works well for cleaning knobs and small part... and it has a small price... I just use liquid dish soap and water in ours. Takes a couple of 3 minute cycles to get the crud loosened up on many knobs... but after that its one minute per knob with vegetable brush and the knob is clean... John k9uwa /w4 snowbird Article: 330574 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "John Wilkie" Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:41:03 -0600 Message-ID: <11v9ap2714q9tf1@corp.supernews.com> References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <11v80gd93kflo17@corp.supernews.com> All's well that ends well. The radio was dropped--not much damage. Bought it at a reduced price from winning bid. Communication still the best tool. Thanks for all the responses. Article: 330575 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Mike Schultz" References: Subject: Re: Sparton 558 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:53:37 GMT It's interesting the way he weasel-words around the fact that the cabinet (the wood part) has been refinished in an unoriginal plain lacquer finish (or more likely black paint). It should have a crystalized finish. For that kind of money, it should have a perfect original finish. -- Mike Schultz "Ken" wrote in message news:Y2%If.3943$Tf3.3849@dukeread09... > Is this a record??? > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6600195424 > Article: 330576 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Pete_O" Subject: Re: Here's a good Ebay expereince Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:20:43 +0100 Message-ID: <60a762a0a8fead819d0f05a75e952120@localhost.talkaboutcollecting.com> References: <1140108428.207374.254530@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> I had a great experience on eBay yesterday also. I won a like-new looking AK 40 for a buy-it-now of $35 and cross-country shipping of $20. It arrived yesterday; the detector/audio board was smashed into a zillion pieces. But doesn't everyone have an unrepaired 40 around for parts?? 15 minutes and 10 solder joints later I turned on a brand new looking AK40, amazed at how well this 1927 TRF worked! Today I found that postal shipping costs have risen considerably recently. Just a warning when you sell on eBay and ship Postal. -Pete O. Article: 330577 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <11v80gd93kflo17@corp.supernews.com> <11v9ap2714q9tf1@corp.supernews.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:15:27 GMT John Wilkie wrote: > All's well that ends well. The radio was dropped--not much damage. Bought it > at a reduced price from winning bid. Communication still the best tool. > Thanks for all the responses. So... no need to burn his house to the ground, rape his wife, sell his children into slavery and place his head on a pike in the driveway? Who knew... Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330578 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: FS: Pretty 30's SUPREME Sig Gen References: <8H1Jf.2036$UN.1174@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:16:06 GMT David Stinson wrote: > I have a pretty SUPREME sig gen in wooden case > with the chrome internal chassis. Photos over > on the binaries or by request. Oooher, pretty indeed. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330579 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Lyndell Scott" References: <1140061968.425885.279460@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Walnut Veneer Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:29:54 GMT As Mark says, getting veneer from scrapped consoles, tombstones, and cathedrals is the best way to match old veneer. I have several behind my shop awaiting some good rains, which we have little of lately. Leaving veneer to the elements will cause it to take on a grayish tone, but treating with oxalic acid with bring it back. -- Lyndell Scott Audio Antiques http://home.flash.net/~lfscott/ Article: 330580 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F4D977.9010902@charter.net> From: Ron Patterson Subject: Re: Delco R-1119, Should I Part Out or Restore? References: <43F23FE8.6030908@charter.net> <1139953356.216014.40920@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:58:47 -0800 It does have an eye tube and a colorful round dial. Most of the veneer on this cabinet is cracked and would have to be replaced. A few of the smaller pieces could be reglued. Thanks for the reply, Ron Patterson Atascadero, CA Peter Wieck wrote: > That one is not in Radio Attic. What does it look like, and does it > have an eye-tube? Console? Tombstone? Other? Replacing veneer is not > terribly difficult (nor terribly easy), with most of the work being in > the refinishing. In many cases, veneer can be reglued, sanded and > refinished as well. > > Think of the bragging rights if you bring this thing back to good > condition. > > Peter Wieck > Wyncote, PA > Article: 330581 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F4DA2C.6010900@charter.net> From: Ron Patterson Subject: Re: Delco R-1119, Should I Part Out or Restore? References: <1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:01:48 -0800 Uncle Peter wrote: > wrote in message > news:1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > >>Hello All, >> > Is this radio worth the effort or should I part it out? Any input would >>be appreciated. >> >>Ron >> > > > Parting out a relatively obscure set may not really do anything to help > save another surviving example... On the other hand, if no one needs > the donor parts, someone else might be interested in putting the > effort into saving the radio as is. Really depends on if anyone needs > the parts, or how handsome or unique the set could be when > restored. > > Pete > > I am thinking that this radio is relatively obscure. I find only one hit on an actual radio for sale when I google it. It does have an eye tube and the dial is colorful and interesting. The cabinet is rather plain though. Ron Article: 330582 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F4DB8F.6000606@charter.net> From: Ron Patterson Subject: Re: Delco R-1119, Should I Part Out or Restore? References: <1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:07:43 -0800 Phil Nelson wrote: >>someone else might be interested in putting the >>effort into saving the radio as is. > > > I can't find a photo online or in the Stein console book, so it's hard to > give an opinion. Some of the Delcos shown in the book are pretty cool, some > others are rather plain. > > If you don't want to restore it, you could try contacting a nearby collector > club to see if anybody would like to swap something for it. See the list at > http://www.antiqueradio.com/clublist.html . > > Phil Nelson > Phil's Old Radios > http://antiqueradio.org/index.html > > Thanks for the link Phil. The closest clubs are 200 mile or more away. I am in central CA on the coast. This one has an eye tube and a colorful dial. The cabinet is pretty plain though. It seems to be an obscure model as I haven't found many references to it. Ron Article: 330583 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F4DBFC.6080909@charter.net> From: Ron Patterson Subject: Re: Delco R-1119, Should I Part Out or Restore? References: <1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <43f2926d$0$58118$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:09:32 -0800 Steve wrote: > I've had a couple of sets like this. It seems like > the top of the cabinets get most of the damage. > > The approach I took was to remove all of the > veneer on the top, paint it black, then re-finish > the rest of the cabinet as I normally would. > I'll then varnish the whole cabinet, including the > black top. While not original, they both turned > out great. > > Steve > > The top is the worst but the front corners are bad as well. Ron Article: 330584 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F4DC69.4020504@charter.net> From: Ron Patterson Subject: Re: Delco R-1119, Should I Part Out or Restore? References: <1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:11:21 -0800 This radio is also of the 1937 era. I might give a try at replacing the veneer. Ron Mark Oppat wrote: > Delco sets of this era were mostly made by Stewart-Warner, some by Crosley. > They are not particularly rare in the Midwest, but are worthy usually of > restoration. I had a nice 12 tube console of this 1937 era... it was a nice > looking set with a very attractive dial, but I never restored it or played > it. The chassis and cabinet looked very well made. These sets, like the > Silvertones of 1936-8, are real sleepers in today's market, in my opinion. > Same for '35-'37 Grunows. > > Mark Oppat > > > " Uncle Peter" wrote in message > news:lstIf.62484$bF.43280@dukeread07... > >> wrote in message >>news:1139948680.406712.155920@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> >>>Hello All, >>> > Is this radio worth the effort or should I part it out? Any input >> > would > >>>be appreciated. >>> >>>Ron >>> >> >>Parting out a relatively obscure set may not really do anything to help >>save another surviving example... On the other hand, if no one needs >>the donor parts, someone else might be interested in putting the >>effort into saving the radio as is. Really depends on if anyone needs >>the parts, or how handsome or unique the set could be when >>restored. >> >>Pete >> >> >> > > > > Article: 330585 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "William B Noble (don't reply to this address)" Subject: anyone want a perfect condition 1960s vintage buffing arbor? FA? Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:09:32 -0800 Message-ID: here's the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6037302459 for those who either want to display it, or use it wiht buffing wheels to polish up bakelite cases and stuff - this is really in as-new condition, so I'd like it to go where it's well loved..... Bill www.wbnoble.com to contact me, do not reply to this message, instead correct this address and use it will iam_ b_ No ble at msn daught com *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com *** Article: 330586 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Buck Frobisher" Subject: Re: General Electric Clock Radio model #512 Clock Needs Help! Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:02:17 -0500 Message-ID: <11va13rtjg09kd8@news.supernews.com> References: <1140100064.405987.203430@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> wrote in message news:1140100064.405987.203430@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Can anyone suggest a quick fix for (short of replacing ) the clock on > my GE #512 clock radio (1951) > > The radio was recapped a few years ago, and is working like new, but > the clock is beginning to fail. Its was grinding very loudly then just > stopped. I took the clock out of its housing, and sprayed the gears > with WD40. It started working perfectly for a week. And was quieter > too. > > It started losing time today, and has completely stopped. I know I > could get another one for parts on Ebay and take the clock out of it. > But if someone had a magic cure that would be great. > > I don't know much about old clock motors. > > Many thanks!! Barry. if you do a Google search of this group, you will find several threads on this subject. Some folks like to drill a small hole and put in the lube, others prefer the bake/suck it in method, and something I've tried with some success is to let it sit upside down for a few months to re-distribute the lube. Article: 330587 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Buck Frobisher" Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:03:51 -0500 Message-ID: <11va16q4dqt7v1d@news.supernews.com> References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <11v80gd93kflo17@corp.supernews.com> <11v9ap2714q9tf1@corp.supernews.com> "Jeffrey D Angus" wrote in message news:Pq2Jf.7139$Z3.4334@tornado.socal.rr.com... > > > John Wilkie wrote: >> All's well that ends well. The radio was dropped--not much damage. Bought >> it at a reduced price from winning bid. Communication still the best >> tool. Thanks for all the responses. > > So... no need to burn his house to the ground, rape his > wife, sell his children into slavery and place his head > on a pike in the driveway? I hate when you have to do that. The neighbours ALWAYS object. Article: 330588 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Daniele" Subject: Supreme Radio Analyzer Message-ID: <1F7Jf.181120$65.4978030@twister1.libero.it> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:11:57 GMT Ok, finished, no electrolitycs, all new 630V, just few doubts about the bridge, schematics shows 4 wires, actually they are 5... still works and i don't know if worth a new bridge. Pictures on the binaries. -- Daniele ^___^ http://www.tuberadio.it Article: 330589 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: whatzitfor? Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:31:38 -0500 Got this on ebay just for the fun of it, pics on binary. It's a Signal Corps Frequency Meter type BC-153, 75 to 1500kc. It consists of a large tuning cap and three coils that are switched to get three different bands, 75-225kc, 200-700kc and 600-1600kc. These form a tank circuit with a meter in series with the tuning cap and coil. It also has an adjustable buzzer feeding the top of the tank, and a battery for the buzzer. I figure you set the buzzer going and pick up the freq you want with the tuning. Someone has put a dc voltmeter in place of the original one, probably an ac ammeter, which shows the internal tank current, a power indicator probably? There are no external connections except to add more inductance for a lower resonance. My guess is, this tank circuit radiated the resonant frequency to be picked up by a receiver, like a sig gen. Any guesses out there, and what type meter might have been used? I think this might be early 30's. Ken Article: 330590 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Lou deGonzague Subject: Re: anyone want a perfect condition 1960s vintage buffing arbor? References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:48:56 GMT Reminds me of the days when the MW store here had almost anything in the catalog and you could pick it up at the dock. The building was huge, it's still there but now it's offices(State of NY I think) our biggest industry! William B Noble (don't reply to this address) wrote: > here's the link > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6037302459 > > for those who either want to display it, or use it wiht buffing wheels > to polish up bakelite cases and stuff - this is really in as-new > condition, so I'd like it to go where it's well loved..... > Bill > > www.wbnoble.com > > to contact me, do not reply to this message, > instead correct this address and use it > > will iam_ b_ No ble at msn daught com > *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** > *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com *** Article: 330591 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:14:48 -0700 Message-ID: <24346-43F53198-2196@storefull-3237.bay.webtv.net> References: I have a small one . Its not very powerfull . I also have a big one that is so old it has a big tube in it . This one really gets going . I used to clean small motorcycle carburators in it . With todays cleaners its faster to use them instead Article: 330592 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Steve P." Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:33:53 -0600 Message-ID: <11vadh61pp9uh3d@corp.supernews.com> References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> I'd basically just forget it and let it be. He could be telling the truth and wouldn't you want the same consideration if you were in his shoes? "John Wilkie" wrote in message news:11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com... > What do some of you think? What do I do now? I am fairly new to eBay (only > 15 radios or tubes so far) and have never had this happen before. Article: 330593 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Steve P." Subject: Re: Here's a good Ebay expereince Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:37:09 -0600 Message-ID: <11vadmlsj1vg05d@corp.supernews.com> References: <1140108428.207374.254530@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Forget the batteries... You need to be leaving that seller glowing feedback! "AuroraOldRadios" wrote in message news:1140108428.207374.254530@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > Zenith TO 1000D. BIN price 49.99, item 5864320863. > Yep, I bought it. Article: 330594 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Steve Stone" References: <24346-43F53198-2196@storefull-3237.bay.webtv.net> Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:41:11 GMT In the late 70's I worked at a Western Union shop in Mahwah, NJ that among other things rebuildt teletypes. They had 4' x 4' stainless steel ultrasonic cleaning units filled with industrial cleansers. We would disassemble the old machines and throw entire electro mechanical subassemblies into the tubs, set the timer for 30 minutes, and come back later to squeaky clean as new parts. I'm sure the mix was toxic. Glad I only worked there for two years. Steve N2UBP Article: 330596 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: whatzitfor? From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa /W4 Snowbird) References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:42:29 GMT In article , wklwns@cox.net says... > >There are no external connections except to >add more inductance for a lower resonance. My guess is, this tank >circuit radiated the resonant frequency to be picked up by a receiver, >like a sig gen. Any guesses out there, and what type meter might have >been used? I think this might be early 30's. Ken > stick an antenna on that thing... and add some audio and you will have an excellent home broadcaster station.... solid as a rock on frequency after short warm up I would think... John Article: 330597 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:03:47 -0400 Message-ID: <11vaip3rh792h49@corp.supernews.com> References: <24346-43F53198-2196@storefull-3237.bay.webtv.net> Ken G. wrote: > I have a small one . Its not very powerfull . I also have a big one that > is so old it has a big tube in it . This one really gets going . I used > to clean small motorcycle carburators in it . > With todays cleaners its faster to use them instead > Some of these things are simply a tub that vibrates like a buzzer and some actually vibrate ultrasonically. The 'real' ones can work quite well. The ones that simply 'vibrate' aren't very impressive. -Bill Article: 330598 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: $pam filtering Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:45:58 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Here's an interesting look at the future of how some clue-challenged ISP's are going to do your spam filtering for you: http://tinyurl.com/amrrh "America Online and Yahoo plan to roll out a certified email service that will charge businesses to send email to members and be assured of delivery." Now that's precious. Rather than them figuring out why they blackhole legitimate e-mail, the onus is now on other folks to pay them money to stop screwing up. Yeah, that'll work. I especially like the part about "...Bill Gates has also called for charging email senders as a way to cut down on the volume of spam..." Gee, maybe a class-action suit against Microsoft for delivering an OS with raw, gaping security holes that result in hijacked relays might recoup some of that cost. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330599 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: $pam filtering References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:39:28 GMT Tim Mullen wrote: > I especially like the part about "...Bill Gates has also called for > charging email senders as a way to cut down on the volume of spam..." > Gee, maybe a class-action suit against Microsoft for delivering an OS > with raw, gaping security holes that result in hijacked relays might > recoup some of that cost. As the judge said to the con man in the movie "Letter to God." "I really would like to meet your tailor. You must have your pants custom made to fit your balls in them." Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330600 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: $pam filtering Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:05:29 -0400 Message-ID: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> References: Tim Mullen wrote: > > I especially like the part about "...Bill Gates has also called for > charging email senders as a way to cut down on the volume of spam..." > Gee, maybe a class-action suit against Microsoft for delivering an OS > with raw, gaping security holes that result in hijacked relays might > recoup some of that cost. Yakk. yakk. I've yet to see Bill Gates holding a pistol to anybody's head. Maybe he's the Earl Schieb equivalent to computer geeks but he's been damn successful at marketing and making 'home computering' concentric around his methodology. The other niche-geek technologies would be working at McDonalds had he not given them something to work on ( uh well, many of them still do as a real job) ....and given hack mentality Nigeria wouldn't even be a player without King Gates. So yeah, blame Micro$oft for not fomenting a closed geek culture. I'd rather have a 'holey' popular mechanism rather than one that only works for the savvy. Geez, I uncharacteristically sound like almost a Democrat...I'm going to bed now before they outlaw 'going to bed' because every one who voted against them does it. -ex Article: 330601 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: OT: $pam filtering Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:00:05 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> In <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> - exray - writes: >Tim Mullen wrote: [OT added. Sorry 'bout that.] >> I especially like the part about "...Bill Gates has also called for >> charging email senders as a way to cut down on the volume of spam..." >> Gee, maybe a class-action suit against Microsoft for delivering an OS >> with raw, gaping security holes that result in hijacked relays might >> recoup some of that cost. >Yakk. yakk. I've yet to see Bill Gates holding a pistol to anybody's >head. Maybe he's the Earl Schieb equivalent to computer geeks but he's >been damn successful at marketing and making 'home computering' >concentric around his methodology. Brilliant marketing, you bet. I guess no one ever went broke following the "There's a sucker born every minute" philosophy. I've a more selfish interest in this than seeing people be protected from buying liver pills. You wanna spend your bucks on anti-virus software, you go ahead. You run an open relay that pesters me, I got a problem with that. >The other niche-geek technologies would be working at McDonalds had he >not given them something to work on ( uh well, many of them still do as >a real job) ....and given hack mentality Nigeria wouldn't even be a >player without King Gates. C'mon, Bill, we already know Al Gore invented the 'net, not Bill Gates. :) But, "niche-geek"? Ya gotta be kidding me. Like what? IP? Web? E-mail? Usenet? >So yeah, blame Micro$oft for not fomenting a closed geek culture. I'd >rather have a 'holey' popular mechanism rather than one that only works >for the savvy. Yakk, yakk backatcha. The belief that you have to go to the gym three times a day and learn calculus to use anything other than a Microsoft product is pure marketing hype. Hell, there's scads of folks out there running Mac's OS X who wouldn't know a 1 from a 0. >Geez, I uncharacteristically sound like almost a Democrat...I'm going to >bed now before they outlaw 'going to bed' because every one who voted >against them does it. I always have been against this mandatory going to bed thing, but my body overrules me. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330602 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: OT: $pam filtering Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:48:00 -0400 Message-ID: <11vavtgcvn3c956@corp.supernews.com> References: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> Tim Mullen wrote: > In <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> - exray - writes: > > >>Tim Mullen wrote: > > > Brilliant marketing, you bet. I guess no one ever went broke > following the "There's a sucker born every minute" philosophy. > > I've a more selfish interest in this than seeing people be > protected from buying liver pills. You wanna spend your bucks > on anti-virus software, you go ahead. You run an open relay that > pesters me, I got a problem with that. > I have an equal problem with users that think running against the tide is beneficial to the whole and thats where my Democrat zapp is looking to cut bait. You dodged that :) >>The other niche-geek technologies would be working at McDonalds... > > But, "niche-geek"? Ya gotta be kidding me. Like what? IP? > Web? E-mail? Usenet? If I didn't know you Tim, I'd make issue. But I do and I won't. > > Yakk, yakk backatcha. The belief that you have to go to the > gym three times a day and learn calculus to use anything other than > a Microsoft product is pure marketing hype. What I see is programmes that dont work with Mac and if you want them to run with a *nix you go to the Windows mode. I'm not into this geek stuff enuf to be a critiquer... I rely on war stories from real non-geek people and real non-geek personal experience. Well, thats quite obvious when thing A controls 95% of the market and 95% of the people accept and understand...and can relate to the other 95%. Gates is guilty as charged. The 5 percenters can be right until the dogs come home but I just want my shit to work with minimal effort....even if i have to add on an anti-virus programme. Thats a helluva lot simpler than converting simple shit to Mac or *nix just for the sake of labelling myself as a "cognociante" about computers. I'm pretty handy with computer boxes and I haven't seen any evidence that POW (plain ole Windows) doesn't serve well enuf for the plain ole poster/emailer. You'd have to hold a gun to my head to recommend to my clueless client/neighbor that they should change their whole mindset to some other system....without doing Windows emulations. Maybe your neighbors are different. >> > I always have been against this mandatory going to bed thing, > but my body overrules me. I too have yet to learn that discipline. -ex Article: 330603 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "oceanblue" Subject: Re: What to make of this lame eBay response? Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:29:59 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1136093746.516063.51130@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> toxcrusadr, Did you buy that phone from wirelessrush. Article: 330604 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F5A127.EA30C5A8@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Q: Conar - a division of National Radio Institute? References: <43f13fcf$0$25071$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43f3c05d$0$25091$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43f3d2bd$0$25076$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:11:58 GMT CLFE wrote: > > I could be wrong - my memory fails me at times even at my early age - but > something is telling me that CONAR stood for Company Of > NA(National) Radio......... CONAR. I keep thinking that somewhere in my > books there is a breakdown of how the name was derived - which I could > actually quote here to end all guessing. But still in all - the whole > enchalada was a division of "McGraw Hill" a company that creates MANY books > and has other subdivisions as well. A lot of the CONAR kits were designed for, and used as part of the NRI correspondence courses. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330605 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F5A25B.A6DCD709@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners References: <%nRIf.2047$JR6.246@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:17:06 GMT "John Goller, k9uwa /W4 Snowbird" wrote: > > In article <%nRIf.2047$JR6.246@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>, > gtayman@gate.net says... > > > > > >Now Heathkit's gone. > >-- > >Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical > > But Harbor Freight is still in business ... they have a small one > that works well for cleaning knobs and small part... and it has > a small price... I just use liquid dish soap and water in ours. > Takes a couple of 3 minute cycles to get the crud loosened up > on many knobs... but after that its one minute per knob with vegetable > brush and the knob is clean... > > John k9uwa /w4 snowbird I used to use Alka-Seltzer tablets and warm water to clean knobs. I would cut an inch or two off the top of a two liter pop bottle, and drop a couple tablets in the bottom. Drop in the knobs and half fill the bottle with warm water, then let it sit in the sink till it stopped foaming. A quick swipe with a soft toothbrush under a gentle stream of running water would remove any remaining residue from groves in the knobs. I cleaned 50 to 100 at a time this way, and it averaged out to less than a minute per knob. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330606 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Ron in Radio Heaven" References: <%nRIf.2047$JR6.246@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners Message-ID: <8IkJf.14035$915.2311@southeast.rr.com> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:02:44 GMT Ultrasonic cleaners work great, IF you know how to use them. Here's a link to an article about how to use them. I've used mine many, many times and it works GREAT. http://www.stanwatkins.com/ultrasonic.htm Ron Article: 330607 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Daniele" References: <1F7Jf.181120$65.4978030@twister1.libero.it> <6lfbv196uaksi8a6omupo2s298mubdsoi3@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Supreme Radio Analyzer Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:36:25 GMT Steve J wrote: > Very nice tester. > > As far as the wire difference, Supreme made circuit changes in many > of their models and almost never changed the model numbers or put out > new schematics. The user was expected to contact Supreme with the > model # and serial number to obtain a current service schematic. > Yes, it's correct, i've three of them, the first i got from eBay is in great shape, seems to be 5 y.o. instead of more than half century, and have some little differences with this one: wires are colored, the fuse is placed internally and haven't the button for megohms readings. The other one i have it's in fair shape, i needed the meter so i keep it for spares, fuse holder on front panel but no megohms button, probe and power cord missing, case good and restorable. About the one in subject, the case is in bad conditions, unglued at corners and some bad cracks at bottom side so i'm thinking about making a case for bench use, with panel at 45° and with a drawer on bottom for adapters and test leads. The probe will be adapted to be plugged when needed. About the gera, i believe that this is a great test set, it makes you able to do lot of measuremets without moving chassis, you can do tube tests in circuit, test tubes and also make tests by resistance (IIRC Rider made a book about this method). Capacitor tests are available too. The meter runs perfectly according to my digital meters, perhaps capacitor testing is not so accurate as expected but i consider this secondary but good for quick tests. Ok, we now have lot of test equipments available, modern electronics improved performances and better sizes, but, in my 0.02 Eucents, this Radio Analyzer in pair on the bench with a Chanalyst will cover almost all tests you need on a radio (not considering miniature tubes that need 'modern' adapters). -- Daniele ^___^ http://www.tuberadio.it Article: 330608 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Northe Osbrink Subject: Re: whatzitfor? References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:00:33 GMT Ken wrote: > Got this on ebay just for the fun of it, pics on binary. It's a Signal > Corps Frequency Meter type BC-153, 75 to 1500kc. It consists of a large > tuning cap and three coils that are switched to get three different > bands, 75-225kc, 200-700kc and 600-1600kc. These form a tank circuit > with a meter in series with the tuning cap and coil. It also has an > adjustable buzzer feeding the top of the tank, and a battery for the > buzzer. I figure you set the buzzer going and pick up the freq you want > with the tuning. Someone has put a dc voltmeter in place of the original > one, probably an ac ammeter, which shows the internal tank current, a > power indicator probably? There are no external connections except to > add more inductance for a lower resonance. My guess is, this tank > circuit radiated the resonant frequency to be picked up by a receiver, > like a sig gen. Any guesses out there, and what type meter might have > been used? I think this might be early 30's. Ken Wow! That's a classic, and you've pretty much figured out how it works. It was apparently used in the 1930s, but may have been made earlier (it's certainly based on designs that were used in the wireless era before 1920 or so). Take a look at Northe N6KO Article: 330609 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <%nRIf.2047$JR6.246@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> <43F5A25B.A6DCD709@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:08:04 GMT "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message news:43F5A25B.A6DCD709@earthlink.net... > > I used to use Alka-Seltzer tablets and warm water to clean knobs. I wonder what Polident or Efferdent denture cleaning tablets would do if used the same way? Is it the same action, or are their additional ingredients in the denture tabs for cleaning? jim menning Article: 330610 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "CLFE" References: <43f13fcf$0$25071$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43f3c05d$0$25091$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43f3d2bd$0$25076$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43F5A127.EA30C5A8@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Q: Conar - a division of National Radio Institute? Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:25:58 -0500 Message-ID: <43f5eafe$0$25090$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message news:43F5A127.EA30C5A8@earthlink.net... > CLFE wrote: >> >> I could be wrong - my memory fails me at times even at my early age - but >> something is telling me that CONAR stood for Company Of >> NA(National) Radio......... CONAR. I keep thinking that somewhere in my >> books there is a breakdown of how the name was derived - which I could >> actually quote here to end all guessing. But still in all - the whole >> enchalada was a division of "McGraw Hill" a company that creates MANY >> books >> and has other subdivisions as well. > > > A lot of the CONAR kits were designed for, and used as part of the > NRI correspondence courses. I could have sworn I said that or alluded to that in my previous post! They had the kits broken down to follow through the course - you did experiments with stages of the kits to learn the concepts presented. clf Article: 330611 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" References: Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:32:36 GMT "Lee Richardson" wrote in message news:isydnfPbw-p6e2jeRVn-vw@sigecom.net... > Maybe you could hide couple of these in the back and make a 6 tuber out of > it. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5866424516 > Gag me with a spoon (Tube) >:P) PP Article: 330612 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Re: whatzitfor? References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:49:12 -0500 Thanks a meg, Northe, great information. Northe Osbrink wrote: > > > Ken wrote: > >> Got this on ebay just for the fun of it, pics on binary. It's a Signal >> Corps Frequency Meter type BC-153, 75 to 1500kc. It consists of a >> large tuning cap and three coils that are switched to get three >> different bands, 75-225kc, 200-700kc and 600-1600kc. These form a tank >> circuit with a meter in series with the tuning cap and coil. It also >> has an adjustable buzzer feeding the top of the tank, and a battery >> for the buzzer. I figure you set the buzzer going and pick up the freq >> you want with the tuning. Someone has put a dc voltmeter in place of >> the original one, probably an ac ammeter, which shows the internal >> tank current, a power indicator probably? There are no external >> connections except to add more inductance for a lower resonance. My >> guess is, this tank circuit radiated the resonant frequency to be >> picked up by a receiver, like a sig gen. Any guesses out there, and >> what type meter might have been used? I think this might be early >> 30's. Ken > > > Wow! That's a classic, and you've pretty much figured out how it works. > It was apparently used in the 1930s, but may have been made earlier > (it's certainly based on designs that were used in the wireless era > before 1920 or so). Take a look at > > > Northe > N6KO > Article: 330613 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:07:42 -0700 Message-ID: <25849-43F5F4CE-2257@storefull-3236.bay.webtv.net> References: <11vaip3rh792h49@corp.supernews.com> Some of these things are simply a tub that vibrates like a buzzer and some actually vibrate ultrasonically. The 'real' ones can work quite well. The ones that simply 'vibrate' aren't very impressive. -Bill Yes your right i have seen those .. not much good . Mine are both ultrasonic . I used to clean lots of knobs in the big one back in my tv days . I should mention how very good ultrasonic works or old spring wind clock insides . It will clean those up like new if you run them 4 cycles and change the water/soap half way . I have found todays soaps to work . I now take small container set the knobs in it and spray Westleys Bleech Wite on them and let them set in it for 15 to 30 min. rinse & brush a little bit . Westleys will make bakelite look dry so be carefull with real nice original bakelite . I tried Westleys on an old mantle clock insides and got the same results as the ultasonic . Westleys is very hard on your hands . Article: 330614 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Syl" References: <11v75jron1pvu7b@corp.supernews.com> <11v80gd93kflo17@corp.supernews.com> <11v9ap2714q9tf1@corp.supernews.com> <11va16q4dqt7v1d@news.supernews.com> Subject: Re: eBay seller "drops" radio Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:46:32 -0500 "Buck Frobisher" wrote in message > "Jeffrey D Angus" wrote in message >> So... no need to burn his house to the ground, rape his >> wife, sell his children into slavery and place his head >> on a pike in the driveway? > > I hate when you have to do that. The neighbours ALWAYS object. > Not in Québec when the victim is from Westmount... Syl Article: 330615 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:43:22 -0600 Message-ID: <23080-43F60B3A-1523@storefull-3256.bay.webtv.net> References: I have some old hand held portable transistor radios and larger transistor and tube type radios with the Conalrad markings on them.The cold war never stopped,it only simmered down for a while.It is full steam back on again now. cuhulin Article: 330616 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:55:43 -0600 Message-ID: <23081-43F60E1F-372@storefull-3256.bay.webtv.net> References: I have watched that Blast From the Past movie on tv a few times. cuhulin Article: 330617 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" References: <23080-43F60B3A-1523@storefull-3256.bay.webtv.net> Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Message-ID: <97qJf.33$Td2.4@trndny06> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:12:53 GMT Cuhulin, I will run this one by Art the curator (of sorts). Thanks, Paul wrote in message news:23080-43F60B3A-1523@storefull-3256.bay.webtv.net... >I have some old hand held portable transistor radios and larger > transistor and tube type radios with the Conalrad markings on them.The > cold war never stopped,it only simmered down for a while.It is full > steam back on again now. > cuhulin > Article: 330618 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Dave McClellan" References: Subject: Re: ID a capacitor Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:56:45 -0500 But I was always told to multiply by 2.828 when converting AC caps to equivalent DC. The cap can charge up to the peak value (1.414 times the RMS) in one direction and then hold that charge while the AC goes 1.414 in the OPPOSITE direction. So a 330v RMS AC cap is equivalent to a 933 volt DC capacitor. Of course it is also possible that the 330 volt rating is really 330 volts PEAK. Don't know. Dave " Uncle Peter" wrote in message news:B9SIf.64012$bF.51922@dukeread07... > > " Uncle Peter" wrote in message > news:D7SIf.64011$bF.14777@dukeread07... > > > > "Lou deGonzague" wrote in message > > news:gbPIf.11732$z%5.2141@twister.nyroc.rr.com... > > > A .5 uf 630 volt mylar cap should be ok to use here, easy to find. > > > > > 1.717 x 350 = 566 volts > > Late night. 1.414 x 350 = 500 volts. 630 volt would give a good safety > margin. > > Pete > > > Article: 330619 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F64691.6CDD5140@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Q: Conar - a division of National Radio Institute? References: <43f13fcf$0$25071$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43f3c05d$0$25091$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43f3d2bd$0$25076$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43F5A127.EA30C5A8@earthlink.net> <43f5eafe$0$25090$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:57:51 GMT CLFE wrote: > > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message > news:43F5A127.EA30C5A8@earthlink.net... > > CLFE wrote: > >> > >> I could be wrong - my memory fails me at times even at my early age - but > >> something is telling me that CONAR stood for Company Of > >> NA(National) Radio......... CONAR. I keep thinking that somewhere in my > >> books there is a breakdown of how the name was derived - which I could > >> actually quote here to end all guessing. But still in all - the whole > >> enchalada was a division of "McGraw Hill" a company that creates MANY > >> books > >> and has other subdivisions as well. > > > > > > A lot of the CONAR kits were designed for, and used as part of the > > NRI correspondence courses. > > I could have sworn I said that or alluded to that in my previous post! They > had the kits broken down to follow through the course - you did experiments > with stages of the kits to learn the concepts presented. > > clf Yes, in some of the courses. The later ones had less hands on, because they shipped you a cheap digital meter. It was so bad that you couldn't get accurate results with it on the lower AC ranges and if you did use it, some of the wrong answers matched the faulty readings. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330620 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F6471D.541368C3@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:00:12 GMT Terry S wrote: > > ... for a bunch of bargains as they close stores and liquidate > inventory. > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060217/bs_nm/retail_radioshack_earns_dc > > Terry. Haven't we all been expecting this for some time? -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330621 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <43F6471D.541368C3@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:11:30 -0500 That's what they get for getting out of the parts business. There's nothing there I would want. Ken Michael A. Terrell wrote: > Terry S wrote: > >>... for a bunch of bargains as they close stores and liquidate >>inventory. >> >>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060217/bs_nm/retail_radioshack_earns_dc >> >>Terry. > > > > Haven't we all been expecting this for some time? > > Article: 330622 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Bill Jeffrey Subject: Re: $pam filtering References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:35:42 -0700 Problem is, I don't think it will stop spam. There has been an idea floating around for a while, to the effect that an ISP would not accept more than 100 outgoing emails a day from any IP address. If you truly need to send more than 100 (Bank of America, for example), you would have to be certified as legitimate in some sense. Undoubtedly this would involve a small fee per message, but one that is manageable for a legitimate company. The idea is that Bank of America could easily demonstrate that it is legit, while SpamNRun.com could not - and even if they could, SpamNRun would not pay the fee. But these days, I don't know how much spam is sent directly from SpamNRun.com, and how much is "farmed out" to zombie computers across the land. The latter would fall under the radar, so to speak. Anybody happen to know what percent of total spam is actually sent by zombies these days? Bill Jeffrey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tim Mullen wrote: > Here's an interesting look at the future of how some clue-challenged > ISP's are going to do your spam filtering for you: > > http://tinyurl.com/amrrh > > "America Online and Yahoo plan to roll out a certified email service > that will charge businesses to send email to members and be assured of > delivery." > > Now that's precious. Rather than them figuring out why they blackhole > legitimate e-mail, the onus is now on other folks to pay them money to > stop screwing up. Yeah, that'll work. > > I especially like the part about "...Bill Gates has also called for > charging email senders as a way to cut down on the volume of spam..." > Gee, maybe a class-action suit against Microsoft for delivering an OS > with raw, gaping security holes that result in hijacked relays might > recoup some of that cost. > Article: 330623 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: OT: $pam filtering Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:47:32 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> <11vavtgcvn3c956@corp.supernews.com> In <11vavtgcvn3c956@corp.supernews.com> - exray - writes: >I have an equal problem with users that think running against the tide >is beneficial to the whole and thats where my Democrat zapp is looking >to cut bait. You dodged that :) Well, hell. In that case you might as well cut the word "progress" outta the dictionary, if running against the tide has no benefit. >What I see is programmes that dont work with Mac Sure. If Benjamin Moore doesn't make the color you want, and you absolutely *must* use Benjamin Moore paint, then you can't paint your house. No argument there. If you simply want to get a job done -- surf the web, make a mess of a picture (talking 'bout me, here), read and send e-mail, whatever, there's plenty of tools available that, again, don't need no higher learning. >The 5 percenters can be right until the dogs come home but I >just want my shit to work with minimal effort....even if i have to add >on an anti-virus programme. Thats a helluva lot simpler than converting >simple shit to Mac or *nix just for the sake of labelling myself as a >"cognociante" about computers. It's up to everyone to decide for themselves which is simpler. I feel a *teeny* bit of extra effort up front is far simpler than the flaming hoops you POW users have to contantly jump through to get the simplest things to work. Wasn't it you who spoke of defragging disks? That's easier? Others' mileage obviously varies, and the dogs ain't even over the horizon yet, so I promise I'll shut up about this. >I'm pretty handy with computer boxes and I haven't seen any evidence >that POW (plain ole Windows) doesn't serve well enuf for the plain ole >poster/emailer. You'd have to hold a gun to my head to recommend to my >clueless client/neighbor that they should change their whole mindset to >some other system....without doing Windows emulations. I still see folks using Mac's -- and those "other" systems -- that are as clue-free as could be. One thing that allows them to remain clue-free is a solid, stable foundation. With Windows, it's like one day the soldering iron is 700 degrees, the next day it's 300, and on the third day it's sprouted two heads. >Maybe your neighbors are different. Heh. :) -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330624 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: Re: OT: $pam filtering Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:00:42 +0900 Message-ID: References: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> <11vavtgcvn3c956@corp.supernews.com> "Tim Mullen" wrote in message news:dt5jq4$qeh$1@reader2.panix.com... >> > It's up to everyone to decide for themselves which is simpler. > I feel a *teeny* bit of extra effort up front is far simpler than > the flaming hoops you POW users have to contantly jump through to > get the simplest things to work. Wasn't it you who spoke of defragging > disks? That's easier? > Explain to me how *nix gets around having to do an occasioanal defrag. There's no such thing as knowing exactly how large a file will be before it's created, and allocating exactly that amount of space for it. And then there's the occasion where you delete a file. Does it wait until it finds a file of precisely the same size before filling that gap? Only thing I can think of is that it moves the files on the fly every time it creates another file so that the file fragments are all contiguous. Any way you look at it, it's in essence defragging the drive. Only difference is Windows only does it when I want it to. Your housepainting analogy was not apropos, either. There is a LOT of application software that has no peer in the *nix universe. We're not talking about a different color of paint (WinAmp vs. XMMS?), we're talking the difference between paint and aluminum siding. Article: 330625 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <43F6471D.541368C3@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:06:25 GMT Lessee, If you want to buy a resistor, they offer a 10k or a 5 meg, take your pick. They even have a couple capacitors. They have miniature phone plugs, wall warts, an Archerkit toy organ, and of course their flagship product -- a remote-controlled toy car. What more do you want? I suppose they'll be liquidating the wall warts. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Ken" wrote in message news:BSrJf.94164$4l5.2112@dukeread05... > That's what they get for getting out of the parts business. There's > nothing there I would want. Ken > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >> Terry S wrote: >> >>>... for a bunch of bargains as they close stores and liquidate >>>inventory. >>> >>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060217/bs_nm/retail_radioshack_earns_dc >>> >>>Terry. >> >> >> >> Haven't we all been expecting this for some time? >> >> > Article: 330626 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <43F6471D.541368C3@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:26:16 GMT Even at half price they are too expensive. I priced one a couple of weeks ago and walked out empty-handed. $30 for a wart? I found one at a general merchandise (glorified dollar store) for $3.99. Looks identical too. Ray "Gary Tayman" wrote in message news:RFsJf.2635$JR6.1847@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > Lessee, > > If you want to buy a resistor, they offer a 10k or a 5 meg, take your > pick. They even have a couple capacitors. They have miniature phone > plugs, wall warts, an Archerkit toy organ, and of course their flagship > product -- a remote-controlled toy car. What more do you want? > > I suppose they'll be liquidating the wall warts. > > > -- > Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical > Sound Solutions For Classic Cars > http://www.taymanelectrical.com > > > > "Ken" wrote in message > news:BSrJf.94164$4l5.2112@dukeread05... >> That's what they get for getting out of the parts business. There's >> nothing there I would want. Ken >> >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >> >>> Terry S wrote: >>> >>>>... for a bunch of bargains as they close stores and liquidate >>>>inventory. >>>> >>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060217/bs_nm/retail_radioshack_earns_dc >>>> >>>>Terry. >>> >>> >>> >>> Haven't we all been expecting this for some time? >>> >>> >> > > Article: 330627 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:28:36 GMT Gosh, selling absolutely nothing special and competing against Target, Circuit City, and everyone else - without the low prices or selection - didn't work? Who'da thunk it? Not the snotty managers I've talked to, certainly. Ray "Terry S" wrote in message news:1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > ... for a bunch of bargains as they close stores and liquidate > inventory. > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060217/bs_nm/retail_radioshack_earns_dc > > Terry. > Article: 330628 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: Subject: Re: $pam filtering Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:39:28 GMT This was announced a while ago. AOL and Yahoo have become favored sources of spam and harassing mails because they refuse to clean up their acts and rein in their customers. Oldsters will recall when Hotmail was a curse word but they cleaned up their act. Now that many ISPs block AOL and Yahoo by default (you have to unlock things to get mail from them) they realize they have a problem. Why do you think eBay had to take over mail handling for auction winners and sellers? Too many weren't able to communicate, that's why. Their solution? Clean up their act? No! Offer a premium service that will send your message via a route OTHER than their regular (and blocked) route. How dumb do they think their customers are (what am I saying?!!) If you have to PAY to get your mail received why not just switch to a service that doesn't have the problem and doesn't HAVE to trick mail servers? Ray "Tim Mullen" wrote in message news:dt3ke5$4ag$1@reader2.panix.com... > > Here's an interesting look at the future of how some clue-challenged > ISP's are going to do your spam filtering for you: > > http://tinyurl.com/amrrh > > "America Online and Yahoo plan to roll out a certified email service > that will charge businesses to send email to members and be assured of > delivery." > > Now that's precious. Rather than them figuring out why they blackhole > legitimate e-mail, the onus is now on other folks to pay them money to > stop screwing up. Yeah, that'll work. > > I especially like the part about "...Bill Gates has also called for > charging email senders as a way to cut down on the volume of spam..." > Gee, maybe a class-action suit against Microsoft for delivering an OS > with raw, gaping security holes that result in hijacked relays might > recoup some of that cost. > > -- > Tim Mullen > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. > ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330629 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:47:37 GMT "The company said it will replace old, slower-moving merchandise with new, faster-moving merchandise within higher growth categories. It will close a number of underperforming stores and work to better align overhead costs with its business model to generate more profit per square foot. The company also said it will continue to expand its kiosk business and relocate RadioShack stores to better real estate." TRANSLATION: They'll dump electronics and become totally cell phone, move out of the store space in the mall and set up a kiosk or cart in the open area. In other words, they will devolve to where most start-ups begin. Ray "Terry S" wrote in message news:1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > ... for a bunch of bargains as they close stores and liquidate > inventory. > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060217/bs_nm/retail_radioshack_earns_dc > > Terry. > Article: 330630 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F663C5.28A1CB9F@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners References: <%nRIf.2047$JR6.246@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> <43F5A25B.A6DCD709@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:02:30 GMT jim menning wrote: > > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message > news:43F5A25B.A6DCD709@earthlink.net... > > > > I used to use Alka-Seltzer tablets and warm water to clean knobs. > > I wonder what Polident or Efferdent denture cleaning tablets would do if used the > same way? Is it the same action, or are their additional ingredients in the denture > tabs for cleaning? > > jim menning They should work ok, I just happened to have several hundred Alka Seltzer tablets available where the company's first aid kit was constantly restocked, and the old packets were tossed into a drawer. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330631 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Re: It made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like something References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:05:41 -0500 Tell him to stick around for the second show. Ken Phil Nelson wrote: > From a visitor to my website (see below). > > Phil Nelson > Phil's Old Radios > http://antiqueradio.org/index.html > > ---------------- > From: > To: Phil Nelson > Subject: radio question > > > Dear Phil, > I bought a 40's stromberg-carlson tube radio. One night while playing the > radio, it made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like something > burnt. > But it has been playing ever since just fine. I am left wondering what > happened? > > Article: 330632 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F665A7.C88B09EC@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <43F6471D.541368C3@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:10:31 GMT Rune wrote: > > Even at half price they are too expensive. I priced one a couple of weeks > ago and walked out empty-handed. > > $30 for a wart? I found one at a general merchandise (glorified dollar > store) for $3.99. Looks identical too. > > Ray I picked up over 100 wall warts at a hamfest last year for free. I could have had a couple hundred more, but I didn't want to be greedy. I waited till the end of the day and took what was left in the boxes. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330633 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F666BB.FC39714@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: OT: $pam filtering References: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> <11vavtgcvn3c956@corp.supernews.com> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:15:08 GMT Tim Mullen wrote: > > With Windows, it's like > one day the soldering iron is 700 degrees, the next day it's 300, > and on the third day it's sprouted two heads. > > >Maybe your neighbors are different. > > Heh. :) > > -- > Tim Mullen OK, Tim, you know you're not supposed to talk about the two headed soldering iron! I KNOW that you got the memo! -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330634 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: OT: $pam filtering Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:20:05 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> <11vavtgcvn3c956@corp.supernews.com> In "Brenda Ann" writes: >Explain to me how *nix gets around having to do an occasioanal defrag. >There's no such thing as knowing exactly how large a file will be before >it's created, and allocating exactly that amount of space for it. And then >there's the occasion where you delete a file. Does it wait until it finds a >file of precisely the same size before filling that gap? I don't know anywhere near enough to answer your question directly. I do know there's an entire science devoted to file system layout. The algorithms involved -- where and when data gets written to disk, how much is cached in memory before this happens, etc., can have an enormous impact on performance. >Only thing I can >think of is that it moves the files on the fly every time it creates another >file so that the file fragments are all contiguous. Any way you look at it, >it's in essence defragging the drive. Only difference is Windows only does >it when I want it to. Not true. Here's a current view of my disks: gothicdigital.com>6# df -h Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 2.0G 1.9G 46M 98% / /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4 2.0G 1.5G 416M 79% /usr /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 994M 770M 164M 83% /var /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7 28G 21G 6.4G 77% /usr/local /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s2 8.4G 8.0G 352M 96% /export/home Much like many garages, I have the bad habit of never cleaning up my disk space. These volumes have been at this level for four years, and never defragged. System hums along happily. I do know enough about the file system i run to know there's no asynchronous process moving stuff around. Sun put their effort into the algorithm, not graphical flying folders. Not that there's anything wrong with cute things, but if I have to choose I'll go for the effort under the hood. >Your housepainting analogy was not apropos, either. There is a LOT of >application software that has no peer in the *nix universe. We're not >talking about a different color of paint (WinAmp vs. XMMS?), we're talking >the difference between paint and aluminum siding. Sure. There's always going to some application available you can't get anywhere else. And, truthfully, that's the BEST way to pick a platform: go with what runs the application you need to do the job you want. It all depends on how narrowly you wish to spec. the app. However, for most common task such as word processing or making a mess out of pictures, there's plenty of "user friendly" applications available. And, shoe-on-the-other-foot, I find it hard to live without some of the applications, such as the X-window System, that come native with 'nix. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330635 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "CLFE" References: <43f13fcf$0$25071$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43f3c05d$0$25091$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43f3d2bd$0$25076$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43F5A127.EA30C5A8@earthlink.net> <43f5eafe$0$25090$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> <43F64691.6CDD5140@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Q: Conar - a division of National Radio Institute? Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:44:02 -0500 Message-ID: <43f66dc9$0$25089$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message news:43F64691.6CDD5140@earthlink.net... > CLFE wrote: >> >> "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message >> news:43F5A127.EA30C5A8@earthlink.net... >> > CLFE wrote: >> >> >> >> I could be wrong - my memory fails me at times even at my early age - >> >> but >> >> something is telling me that CONAR stood for Company Of >> >> NA(National) Radio......... CONAR. I keep thinking that somewhere in >> >> my >> >> books there is a breakdown of how the name was derived - which I could >> >> actually quote here to end all guessing. But still in all - the whole >> >> enchalada was a division of "McGraw Hill" a company that creates MANY >> >> books >> >> and has other subdivisions as well. >> > >> > >> > A lot of the CONAR kits were designed for, and used as part of the >> > NRI correspondence courses. >> >> I could have sworn I said that or alluded to that in my previous post! >> They >> had the kits broken down to follow through the course - you did >> experiments >> with stages of the kits to learn the concepts presented. >> >> clf > > Yes, in some of the courses. The later ones had less hands on, > because they shipped you a cheap digital meter. It was so bad that you > couldn't get accurate results with it on the lower AC ranges and if you > did use it, some of the wrong answers matched the faulty readings. > > > -- > Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to > prove it. > Member of DAV #85. > > Michael A. Terrell > Central Florida I remember them doing that, but lets suffice it to say I wasn't "mis" fortunate enough to have had that problem! That was like a couple years after the fact for me. clf Article: 330636 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: National Union Batteries Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:56:02 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <43f35d7a$0$7336$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net> <-Kudne2Ps4ms2GveRVn-qw@athenet.net> In <-Kudne2Ps4ms2GveRVn-qw@athenet.net> "philo" writes: >did you see this link? >http://www.geocities.com/~stuarts1031/flashlight.html That's cool! Thanks for the link. In the book "Electrifying America" it's mentioned how at the turn of the last century it was all the rage to have a battery powered stick-pin or tie-tack. At Christmas parties the host might dress as an "Electric Girl", festooned with light bulbs! -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330637 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: OT: $pam filtering Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:58:57 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> <11vavtgcvn3c956@corp.supernews.com> <43F666BB.FC39714@earthlink.net> In <43F666BB.FC39714@earthlink.net> "Michael A. Terrell" writes: > OK, Tim, you know you're not supposed to talk about the two headed >soldering iron! I KNOW that you got the memo! At least I didn't give away our secret three-thumbed handshake! Oops. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330638 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Old radio downloads From: "Haggis" telus.net> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:59:59 GMT I think someone posted this before, but just a reminder - there are a lot of old manuals etc. from the 1920s to 1950s being posted the last couple days to one of the e-books NGs. Seems like lots of early Philco stuff, tube manuals etc. for the 'aficianados'. Haggis. Article: 330639 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gordon Richmond Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:40:42 GMT Well, here in Canada, Radio Shack has been gonzo for the better part of a year, IIRC. They have been rebranded as: "The Source/Circuit City". So I don't know if they competing with CC any more... I did go in one a while back to get some of those little cylindrical fuses for a UPS, and they actually had stock. Gordon Richmond Article: 330640 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "CLFE" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:51:00 -0500 Message-ID: <43f68b8a$0$25082$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net> "Gordon Richmond" wrote in message news:r32dv1h002j66qv4tq3gkgs8fdqun5ffb6@4ax.com... > Well, here in Canada, Radio Shack has been gonzo for the better part > of a year, IIRC. They have been rebranded as: "The Source/Circuit > City". So I don't know if they competing with CC any more... > > I did go in one a while back to get some of those little cylindrical > fuses for a UPS, and they actually had stock. > > Gordon Richmond I recall the day when I was pretty much still getting into Electronics and the closest Radio Shack was miles away - more than I could travel to! For one - I was too young to drive - and with only one car in the family, it was usually at work! I couldn't wait for the day one came into our area. It took quite a few years but it eventually happened. I spent many dollars in there...... Every time I went anywhere, I hit the local shack up. I used to go to the Shack at least once a week. Now, I'm lucky if I go there once in 5 months. They have nothing I need or that I can't get myself. If this one that I waited so long for - dries up - OH WELL! clf Article: 330641 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Bill Morris" References: <43f35d7a$0$7336$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net> <-Kudne2Ps4ms2GveRVn-qw@athenet.net> Subject: Re: National Union Batteries Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:57:20 -0500 Message-ID: <43f68d06$0$7322$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net> Yes, but he's strictly a flashlight collector. I'm looking for radio battery data. "philo" wrote in message news:-Kudne2Ps4ms2GveRVn-qw@athenet.net... > > "Bill Morris" wrote in message > news:43f35d7a$0$7336$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net... >> Did National Union ever issue a battery catalog? >> I'd like >> to find any available data--part numbers, voltage, measurements, etc. >> >> Bill >> > > > did you see this link? > > http://www.geocities.com/~stuarts1031/flashlight.html > Article: 330642 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: It made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like something burnt . . . Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:09:14 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: In "graham" writes: >"Phil Nelson" wrote in message >news:o_2dnVUr6ddJ_2veRVn-jw@giganews.com... >> From a visitor to my website (see below). >> >> Phil Nelson >> Phil's Old Radios >> http://antiqueradio.org/index.html >> >> ---------------- >> From: >> To: Phil Nelson >> Subject: radio question >> >> >> Dear Phil, >> I bought a 40's stromberg-carlson tube radio. One night while playing the >> radio, it made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like something burnt. >> But it has been playing ever since just fine. I am left wondering what >> happened? >... gee Phil, did he buy it from you? Have you looked at Phil's website? I'd buy a pacemaker from him. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330643 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "effi" Subject: Re: It made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like something burnt . . . Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:13:55 -0600 Message-ID: <11vd47lfljhs403@corp.supernews.com> References: "Phil Nelson" wrote in message news:o_2dnVUr6ddJ_2veRVn-jw@giganews.com... > From a visitor to my website (see below). > > Phil Nelson > Phil's Old Radios > http://antiqueradio.org/index.html > > ---------------- > From: > To: Phil Nelson > Subject: radio question > > > Dear Phil, > I bought a 40's stromberg-carlson tube radio. One night while playing the > radio, it made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like something > burnt. > But it has been playing ever since just fine. I am left wondering what > happened? insect completing a high voltage circuit maybe? or is the ferret mising? or maybe a radio part? Article: 330644 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Hagstar" Subject: Sometimes Things Go Right For No Good Reason... Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:22:32 -0500 Message-ID: <11vd4nsc3fvfi18@corp.supernews.com> OR maybe I just do good work. I've spent the last few days preparing for the Westford show. http://www.antiqueradio.com/radio37.html I have the van half loaded for the trip and since I splurged staying right at the hotel I plan to get there early enough to enjoy my stay. I also can stash all my stuff in my room safe and warm ready to wheel out in the AM. This will certainly beat the usual hauling though the snow. But the amazing thing is almost everything actually WORKED FINE when I fired it up and needed only dusting to be ready to sell! The only exception was the least important set, a Philco 84B that seems to have lost (antenna) volume control continuity. BUT the Scott Dual Dial 12 Allwave, Philco 16B cathedral and tombstone, and 116 (late) tombstone, as well as RCA 262 console all worked no fuss and are all packed up. NOW to tear into the 84B and see what's up- hope to see you there ! John H. Article: 330645 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: It made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like something References: Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:42:18 GMT Phil Nelson wrote: > > Dear Phil, > I bought a 40's stromberg-carlson tube radio. One night while > playing the radio, it made a loud bang type of noise, then it > smelled like something burnt. > But it has been playing ever since just fine. I am left > wondering what happened? Sounds to me like of of the line bypass capacitors just blew it's guts out. Once the fault "cleared" it's not going to make the radio NOT perform. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330646 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: It made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like something burnt . . . Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:05:21 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: In "graham" writes: >"Tim Mullen" wrote in message news:dt634p$m6f$1@reader2.panix.com... >> >> Have you looked at Phil's website? I'd buy a pacemaker from him. >... I have indeed and saw no pacemakers .... did I miss something? Yes. Pacemaker's are devices critical to the user's health. As such they are not something where one would want to accept anything less than the utmost quality. My statement "I'd [contraction for "I would"] buy a pacemaker from him." was intended to convey my faith in Phil's meticulous and precise restoration, as documented extensively on his website. In retrospect, I realize this was not the best hypothetical example. A vacuum tube-powered pacemaker, recapped or no, could indeed be a burden. So how's this: I'd buy a radio from Phil without hesitation! -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 330647 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: It made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:00:10 -0600 Message-ID: <23081-43F69BCA-417@storefull-3256.bay.webtv.net> References: Overture between Acts One and Two. cuhulin Article: 330648 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:09:19 -0600 Message-ID: <23081-43F69DEF-418@storefull-3256.bay.webtv.net> References: When the shaving head parts of my Norelco electric shaver get gunky,I put the parts in a plastic jar with one efferdent tablet like the kind used for cleaning false teeth.Works pretty good. cuhulin Article: 330649 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: Subject: Re: Old radio downloads Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:20:43 GMT "Haggis telus.net>" wrote in message news:zcvJf.1213$Nr5.80@clgrps13... >I think someone posted this before, but just a reminder - there are a lot of > old manuals etc. from the 1920s to 1950s being posted the last couple days > to one of the e-books NGs. Seems like lots of early Philco stuff, tube > manuals etc. for the 'aficianados'. > > Haggis. Which group? jim menning Article: 330650 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: Ceramic loctal sockets Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:21:40 +0900 Message-ID: If anyone needs some of these, Cascade Surplus has 50 of them.. found 'em when I was surfing their site for other parts: http://www.cascadesurplus.com/catalog/index.php/cPath/25 -- 5 decades of great music in the top genres, and more. Full Spectrum Radio http://www.live365.com/stations/fullspectrum?play Article: 330651 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jim Mueller Subject: Re: ID a capacitor Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:27:59 -0700 Message-ID: References: On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:56:45 -0500, Dave McClellan wrote: > But I was always told to multiply by 2.828 when converting AC caps to > equivalent DC. The cap can charge up to the peak value (1.414 times the > RMS) in one direction and then hold that charge while the AC goes 1.414 in > the OPPOSITE direction. So a 330v RMS AC cap is equivalent to a 933 volt DC > capacitor. Of course it is also possible that the 330 volt rating is really > 330 volts PEAK. Don't know. > > Using 2.828 assumes that the capacitor manufacturer has included a safety factor of 2 in the ratings. Maybe they did, but maybe they didn't. You can't tell. Therefore, it is more conservative to use 1.414. So a 330VAC capacitor becomes 466VDC. A capacitor in an AC circuit can't "charge up to the peak value (1.414 times the RMS) in one direction and then hold that charge while the AC goes 1.414 in the OPPOSITE direction". That is how you determine the voltage rating of a rectifier. If it really is an AC circuit with no rectifier present, the only way to get more than the applied voltage is to have inductance in series that resonates with the capacitor at the applied frequency. Then, the voltage developed across the capacitor (or inductor) depends on how close to resonance the circuit is and what the Q is. One number won't work. AC voltages specified without any qualification are always RMS. If they mean peak, they will say so. -- Jim Mueller wrongname@nospam.com To get my real email address, replace wrongname with eportiz. Then replace nospam with sacbeemail. Article: 330652 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Radio Rambler Subject: Re: $pam filtering Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:40:40 -0500 Message-ID: <45nmqaF7hqkjU1@individual.net> References: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> - exray - wrote: > Tim Mullen wrote: > > >> >> I especially like the part about "...Bill Gates has also called for >> charging email senders as a way to cut down on the volume of spam..." >> Gee, maybe a class-action suit against Microsoft for delivering an OS >> with raw, gaping security holes that result in hijacked relays might >> recoup some of that cost. > > Yakk. yakk. I've yet to see Bill Gates holding a pistol to anybody's > head. Maybe he's the Earl Schieb equivalent to computer geeks but he's > been damn successful at marketing and making 'home computering' > concentric around his methodology. this is NOT about bills marketing stratagies. it is about the way microsoft has abused their monopoly. especially the illegal agreements with the computer manufacturers, especially, dell & gateway, forbiding them to sell their equipment with other operating systems. the illegal practices that microsoft used are documented all over the internet. believe it or not, microsoft was tried, found guilty of, & convicted of abusing their monopoly status during the antitrust trials held in 2000-2001. however, they got off easy because the part of the trial that would have issued the fines & breakup of microsoft occured after the presidential election. bush ordered the quiet breakup of the antitrust trial with no further action against microsoft. > The other niche-geek technologies would be working at McDonalds had he > not given them something to work on ( uh well, many of them still do as > a real job) ....and given hack mentality Nigeria wouldn't even be a > player without King Gates. again, bullshit. it's these "niche-geeks" that are contributing to the open source community. they know that the crap coming from redmond is not worth fooling with > So yeah, blame Micro$oft for not fomenting a closed geek culture. I'd > rather have a 'holey' popular mechanism rather than one that only works > for the savvy. so, you much rather support a company (criminal organization) who has no morals, who is totally screwing the public (and government) with poor quality software, putting our national security at risk, as well as your data. > Geez, I uncharacteristically sound like almost a Democrat...I'm going to > bed now before they outlaw 'going to bed' because every one who voted > against them does it. > > -ex -- The Shadow Knows Article: 330653 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: $pam filtering From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa /W4 Snowbird) References: Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:49:20 GMT In article , rrooney@ucwphillyDOTrr.com says... > > >This was announced a while ago. > >AOL and Yahoo have become favored sources of spam and harassing mails >because they refuse to clean up their acts and rein in their customers. > > >Ray Road Runner should be about next.... no spam filtering whatsoever with them John k9uwa Article: 330654 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Old radio downloads From: "Haggis" telus.net> References: Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:58:49 GMT On 17-Feb-2006, "jim menning" wrote: > Which group? I use one of those goofy newsreaders which I haven't figured out how to bring up enough "windows" to "copy/paste" (and advancing years doesn't allow me to remember all the periods, dashes, commas etc., but try: alt.binaries.e-book.technical. Another one I look at is the same, but minus the ".technical". I've saved a lot of them as PDF's so if you have any problems, drop me a line and I'll send you a list of what I have. Cheers! Haggis. Article: 330655 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: Subject: Re: Old radio downloads Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 05:09:42 GMT "Haggis telus.net>" wrote in message news:dQxJf.1225$Nr5.558@clgrps13... > On 17-Feb-2006, "jim menning" wrote: > >> Which group? > > I use one of those goofy newsreaders which I haven't figured out how to > bring up enough "windows" to "copy/paste" (and advancing years doesn't allow > me to remember all the periods, dashes, commas etc., but try: > alt.binaries.e-book.technical. Another one I look at is the same, but minus > the ".technical". > I've saved a lot of them as PDF's so if you have any problems, drop me a > line and I'll send you a list of what I have. > > Cheers! Haggis. Thanks, found them. jim menning Article: 330656 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: Wanted schematic for Knight sig. gen. Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:21:36 -0400 Message-ID: <11vdbmudoign13b@corp.supernews.com> References: <1140236654.209846.23750@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Engineer wrote: > Hi, vacuumlanders. > I picked up a Knight KG-650 RF sig. gen. on eBay last week in very nice > > Can anyone point me to a schematic? ...for general reference, not to > change the rectifier. > Cheers, > Roger > http://bama.sbc.edu/knight.htm Article: 330657 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Omer Suleimanagich" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1140222384.294158.109460@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 06:07:30 GMT This is why I call the place, "Radios#/t"! They just don't get it! Omer P.S. For those that are already lamenting, go to your nearest Fry's Electronics to bring your spirits back up. "Bob" wrote in message news:1140222384.294158.109460@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > Radio Shack "whose chief executive has admitted to lying on his > resume"... Who hasen't? Did he just fudge some dates at a previous > company or did he claim to have a degree from some fancy college? The > first, so what, the second, he should get canned. Anyway, > > I remember the quality of RS parts in the early 70's was exceptionally > bad. In the 80s the quality did get better, someone in marketing must > have figured out that if you want repeat business, customers need to be > happy with the quality of the stuff you sell. > > In any event, it looks like mail order (Internet web site ordering is > really nothing more than mail order except you should be getting > immediate feedback if something is in stock or not) has been and will > be the perferred method of getting stuff. And no sales tax if out of > state, but that's partly balanced out by shipping costs. But, as RS > has in state presense in every state, they'd be at a disadvantage as > they'd have to charge sales tax. If they really wanted to make a go of > mail order, they ought to set up a new company in a state with no sales > tax (Oregon?). But they probably won't want to bother. > Article: 330658 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1140222384.294158.109460@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 06:11:46 GMT Omer Suleimanagich wrote: > P.S. For those that are already lamenting, go to your nearest Fry's > Electronics to bring your spirits back up. At least radio shack does NOT repackage returned/defective merchandise and resell it as new with a "checked by a Fry's associate" sticker. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330659 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Omer Suleimanagich" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1140222384.294158.109460@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 06:19:33 GMT Jeff, you are absolutely correct! I always go to the place with a. "buyer beware" attitude, but they are still a good antidote for CompUSA. For companies that can't cut the mustard , so to speak, I have nothing but crocodile tears for them. Omer "Jeffrey D Angus" wrote in message news:CUyJf.12519$Ou1.1783@tornado.socal.rr.com... > > > Omer Suleimanagich wrote: > >> P.S. For those that are already lamenting, go to your nearest Fry's >> Electronics to bring your spirits back up. > > At least radio shack does NOT repackage returned/defective merchandise > and resell it as new with a "checked by a Fry's associate" sticker. > > Jeff > > -- > RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to > the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal > force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED > under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330660 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:36:59 -0600 Message-ID: <17264-43F6C08B-1848@storefull-3253.bay.webtv.net> References: About three years ago,I saw an article in a gadget catalog about a new tv remote control device that has a little screen on the device which shows what is on tv.Not long after that I read an article on the internet that said Radio Shack stores would be selling the devices for about $55.00.They never did show up in any of the Radio Shack stores around here. cuhulin Article: 330661 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:52:27 +0900 Message-ID: References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1140222384.294158.109460@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> "Jeffrey D Angus" wrote in message news:CUyJf.12519$Ou1.1783@tornado.socal.rr.com... > > > Omer Suleimanagich wrote: > >> P.S. For those that are already lamenting, go to your nearest Fry's >> Electronics to bring your spirits back up. > > At least radio shack does NOT repackage returned/defective merchandise > and resell it as new with a "checked by a Fry's associate" sticker. > You mean they were finally forced to LABEL the stuff at least? Back when I used to go in there on occasion, you didn't know what you were getting. And always full price for returned crap. Should be illegal to put new shrink wrap on returned merchandise. Article: 330662 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F6C804.82E0F8EE@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners References: <%nRIf.2047$JR6.246@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> <43F5A25B.A6DCD709@earthlink.net> <43F66462.B479643F@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:10:24 GMT William Sommerwerck wrote: > > >>> but after that it's one minute per knob with vegetable > >>> brush and the knob is clean... > > >> If you need to use a brush, can the cleaner really be doing its job? > > >> Ultrasonic cleaners aren't used just for convenience -- they're supposed > to > >> dislodge stuff that other cleaning methods just won't get. For example, > an > >> article in Popular Electronics 40+ years ago told of a dentist who found > his > >> ultrasonic cleaner removed stains that he thought were part of the metal. > > > Whatever you say, William, I'm not getting sucked into another inane > > flame war with you. It works, and a couple knobs out of the batch > > needed the loosened material removed with a single swipe with a brush > > instead of five minutes without the treatment. Do whatever you please. > > Well, let's have another inane flame war. I'm game. > > You said that it took a minute's work with a vegetable brush to finish > cleaning the knob. (See above. Your quote.) > > Then you say it was "a single swipe with a brush". > > Well, which is it? How did the requirement jump from one minute to a single > swipe? > > My criticism stands. If you need to spend a minute with a brush, then the > cleaner isn't doing a very good job. In fact, it isn't doing any sort of a > job. I'm used to soaking knobs in dishwashing liquid (without ultrasound), > then removing the shmutz with relatively little effort. I also dried them off and inspected them for cracks, oprior to putting them back into stock. They were the fine tuning knobs for CATV converters. They looked like oversized volume contron thumbwheels on transistor radios. Total time of under a minute per knob for everything. I did over 10,000 repairs on various CATV equipment in four years, and the only way to hit those numbers was to do each job that I could in batches. This is my last reply on the subject of cleaning knobs, to you. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330663 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Mike Schultz" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <43F6471D.541368C3@earthlink.net> <43F665A7.C88B09EC@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:04:40 GMT Well, at least you didn't have to give them your name, address, and phone number as you gathered them up. -- Mike Schultz "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message news:43F665A7.C88B09EC@earthlink.net... > Rune wrote: >> >> Even at half price they are too expensive. I priced one a couple of weeks >> ago and walked out empty-handed. >> >> $30 for a wart? I found one at a general merchandise (glorified dollar >> store) for $3.99. Looks identical too. >> >> Ray > > > I picked up over 100 wall warts at a hamfest last year for free. I > could have had a couple hundred more, but I didn't want to be greedy. I > waited till the end of the day and took what was left in the boxes. > > -- > Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to > prove it. > Member of DAV #85. > > Michael A. Terrell > Central Florida Article: 330664 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: $pam filtering From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa /W4 Snowbird) References: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> <45nmqaF7hqkjU1@individual.net> Message-ID: <18FJf.4184$_c.1298@tornado.tampabay.rr.com> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:17:49 GMT In article <45nmqaF7hqkjU1@individual.net>, jim@jam.com says... > > >so, you much rather support a company (criminal organization) who has no >morals, who is totally screwing the public (and government) with poor >quality software, putting our national security at risk, as well as your >data. While I am not exactly a Bill Gates Fan.... think about your Comodore 64 computer that cost the same price as today walking into Best Buy and getting an E-Machines puter .... eh... pretty close to the same price... but the new machine is loaded at least with software .. and is obviously a whole lot more machine.. if it hadn't been for Bill Gates... do you thing U could even afford a computer most than a comodore 64... today?. John Article: 330665 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: re: old radio downloads From: "Haggis" telus.net> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:10:44 GMT Michael A. Terrell wrote: If you post the name of a newsgroup you can convert it to a link by adding news: to the front of the newsgroup name. For instance, alt.binaries.e-book.technical becomes news:alt.binaries.e-book.technical which is a clickable link to subscribe to that newsgroup for a lot of newsreader software. Thanks for that tip Michael. Using my own ISP's news server, I didn't see any of my postings on this subject - obviously some people did as I read the replies :-). I looked in Google groups and lo and behold, there they were! Oh well, apparently my news server is a bit selective on what it saves. Now to try it: news:alt.binaries.e-book.technical Haggis Article: 330666 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Pete_O" Subject: Re: It made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like some Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 09:21:04 +0100 Message-ID: <05c3b6229a5d33f4da9676950374539b@localhost.talkaboutcollecting.com> References: I bought a 40's stromberg-carlson tube radio. One night while playing the radio, it made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like something *** At HP it was always fun to put a small electrolytic cap backwards across a power supply and walk away. A loud BANG and confetti everywhere. Tantalum caps blew up like TNT! The metal leads and end caps were dangerous though. -Pete Article: 330667 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1140222384.294158.109460@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:10:15 GMT I suppose one of their problems is that they had a market niche in the 60's and 70's, that doesn't exist as much today. They sold lots of parts and books, and who can forget the Knight kits? These were for tinkerers. None of this was professional grade by any stretch, but it was cheap and easy to use by those who wanted to get into electronics at an entry level. Today you don't have so many such tinkerers; who would want to build a cell phone or satellite receiver from a kit? I honestly don't recall who actually made the parts, but they were noticeably inferior to the same parts offered by others. If you bought say, a phone plug, it would resemble the same phone plug bought at another retailer, except it would be made from a cheaper grade metal, the plastic would be more brittle, etc. I often wondered why they just couldn't get their stuff from the same people that supplied the rest of the world. One interesting diversion was the tubes they offered. Realistic tubes had lifetime warranties, and also had gold plated pins for better contact. The gold pins were a nice touch -- why didn't others capitalize on this? Still, they made me wonder who actually made the tubes. Usually companies like RCA, Tung-Sol, Sylvania, and others made all of a particular tube type, and exchanged brand names with others. As a for-instance, RCA might make a supply of 12AT7's, label some with their own logo, and label others with GE, Sylvania, Zenith, and others. The tubes were all exactly the same except for the logo. But where did the Realistics come from? I guess they had a means of plating the pins after the tubes were made, but I can't help but think the tubes were leftovers or lower-grade in some way. I know it was a phsychological thing to service a TV set, pull out a suspect tube, see the gold pins, and say "crap! I bet I found the problem!" Regarding the products, most of it was cheap grade, but once in awhile they made something really decent. I think their high point was during the CB craze, when they put out some really decent radio gear -- still cheaply made, but when they worked they performed. However sometimes the quality was a bit too cheap, and there were reliability issues. I recall one day they offered a really cool condenser microphone. We needed some good mikes for our church, so we bought one and tried it out -- it was positively the best sounding mike we'd ever heard! We bought several more -- and all was fine for a month or so. Then one of them failed. We took it back, and RS happily swapped it for a new one. Then another failed -- same thing. Then another, and another, and with each return neither we nor the store manager was quite as happy as before. The good news is that he kept honoring the warranties, but we eventually got tired and simply bought something else. I'm sure each one of you has a similar story to tell. Radio Shack over the years has made some really ingenious products, and if the quality was even one step higher they would have been much more successful. As it is however, this outfit has a reputation for being cheap and unreliable. Even if they had the parts I need, and even if they're fine, I would NEVER display "We use Radio Shack parts here" as a selling point. As it is, I avoid them. As for their other products, it seems "Realistic" has become synonymous with "the cheapest grade you can find." I do indeed have a couple of Realistic VOM's laying around, but that's really about all I've got here. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com > I remember the quality of RS parts in the early 70's was exceptionally > bad. In the 80s the quality did get better, someone in marketing must > have figured out that if you want repeat business, customers need to be > happy with the quality of the stuff you sell. Article: 330668 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F72BEB.7FAF8982@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <43F6471D.541368C3@earthlink.net> <43F665A7.C88B09EC@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:16:49 GMT Mike Schultz wrote: > > Well, at least you didn't have to give them your name, address, and phone > number as you gathered them up. I didn't even have to load them into my truck. The stuff was what was left after a day of a widow clearing out her husband's collection of old parts and equipment. She had told me earlier that what didn't sell was going straight to the landfill. At the end of the show I went to pick up the wall warts, where she and several local hams filled the bed of the truck with parts and equipment, and barely left me room to get into the cab. The total cost for the day was a gallon of gasoline to get there, and back home. One of the hams I was talking with about restoring boatanchors even bought my lunch. ;-) -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330669 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: Subject: Re: It made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like something burnt . . . Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:20:10 -0500 "graham" wrote in message news:D-Gdne5JXdobB2venZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@comcast.com... > > " > > ... I have indeed and saw no pacemakers .... did I miss something? Obviously..... Article: 330670 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: old radio downloads From: "Haggis" telus.net> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:33:22 GMT Thanks to Michael Terrell for his helpful tip on the above subject. Now I give up - my posting came up immediately on Google groups, but I'd never know I posted anything if I relied on my own ISP. Makes me wonder what else I've missed :-) I have saved many of the old books, manuals etc. (received as multi part .rar files which I've converted to PDFs) and if anyone needs them I can put them on CDs or whatever - pretty big files, one Philco book runs 42 megs. Email me direct for a list if interested. Cheers. Haggis. Article: 330671 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:10:20 -0600 Message-ID: <22778-43F738DC-1836@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> References: <97qJf.33$Td2.4@trndny06> Atomic blast,Nuclear blast,did you ever think that by the time you ever got under a school desk,it's too late anyway. cuhulin Article: 330672 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Lyndell Scott" References: Subject: Re: old radio downloads Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:45:13 GMT I use Outlook Express and my news reader. I can download the files from the alt.binaries.e-book.technical, but can't read them as they are not properly decoded. What am I missing or what do I need to decode them? -- Lyndell Scott Audio Antiques http://home.flash.net/~lfscott/ Article: 330673 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: - exray - Subject: Re: old radio downloads Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:10:46 -0400 Message-ID: <11veho4qnanrs99@corp.supernews.com> References: Lyndell Scott wrote: > I use Outlook Express and my news reader. I can download the files from the > alt.binaries.e-book.technical, but can't read them as they are not properly > decoded. What am I missing or what do I need to decode them? > I believe OE has a "combine and decode" function that will put all the files back together. -Bill Article: 330674 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Ron in Radio Heaven" References: <1140276899.760007.31540@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Customized radio with mirror tiles Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:25:23 GMT WOW, you put that on ebay with the right weasel words and some idiot will pay a fortune for it.... Ron > http://groups.msn.com/AuroraOldRadios/shoebox.msnw > Article: 330675 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: Customized radio with mirror tiles References: <1140276899.760007.31540@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:44:24 GMT AuroraOldRadios wrote: > I bought this yesterday in Denver. Well, there's at least ONE radio now that isn't going to have the top ruined by putting a house plant on top of it. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330676 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Syl" References: Subject: Re: It made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like something burnt . . . Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:53:46 -0500 "Phil Nelson" wrote in message > From a visitor to my website (see below). > > I am left wondering what happened? > Line bypass cap exploded. Syl Article: 330677 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Ron in Radio Heaven" References: <1140276899.760007.31540@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Customized radio with mirror tiles Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:53:34 GMT Jeffrey D Angus wrote in message news:I9IJf.7339 > Well, there's at least ONE radio now that isn't going to have > the top ruined by putting a house plant on top of it. I don't think you could hurt it's value if you parked a Mack truck on top of it... Ron Article: 330678 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Lyndell Scott" References: <11veho4qnanrs99@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: old radio downloads Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:13:14 GMT Thanks for your reply. I found the combine feature and attempted to follow the instructions to select and re-order as necessary the associated files. It goes through the process, but what is displayed in a separate window is still gibberish. What am I doing wrong? -- Lyndell Scott Audio Antiques http://home.flash.net/~lfscott/ Article: 330679 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Mike Schultz" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1140222384.294158.109460@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: <_BJJf.1035$p13.746@trnddc08> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:22:50 GMT Most of the Realistic tubes I recall seeing are of Japanese origin. -- Mike Schultz "Gary Tayman" wrote in message news:bVFJf.1661$VI6.417@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... >I suppose one of their problems is that they had a market niche in the 60's >and 70's, that doesn't exist as much today. They sold lots of parts and >books, and who can forget the Knight kits? These were for tinkerers. None >of this was professional grade by any stretch, but it was cheap and easy to >use by those who wanted to get into electronics at an entry level. Today >you don't have so many such tinkerers; who would want to build a cell phone >or satellite receiver from a kit? > > I honestly don't recall who actually made the parts, but they were > noticeably inferior to the same parts offered by others. If you bought > say, a phone plug, it would resemble the same phone plug bought at another > retailer, except it would be made from a cheaper grade metal, the plastic > would be more brittle, etc. I often wondered why they just couldn't get > their stuff from the same people that supplied the rest of the world. > > One interesting diversion was the tubes they offered. Realistic tubes had > lifetime warranties, and also had gold plated pins for better contact. > The gold pins were a nice touch -- why didn't others capitalize on this? > Still, they made me wonder who actually made the tubes. Usually companies > like RCA, Tung-Sol, Sylvania, and others made all of a particular tube > type, and exchanged brand names with others. As a for-instance, RCA might > make a supply of 12AT7's, label some with their own logo, and label others > with GE, Sylvania, Zenith, and others. The tubes were all exactly the > same except for the logo. But where did the Realistics come from? I > guess they had a means of plating the pins after the tubes were made, but > I can't help but think the tubes were leftovers or lower-grade in some > way. I know it was a phsychological thing to service a TV set, pull out a > suspect tube, see the gold pins, and say "crap! I bet I found the > problem!" > > Regarding the products, most of it was cheap grade, but once in awhile > they made something really decent. I think their high point was during > the CB craze, when they put out some really decent radio gear -- still > cheaply made, but when they worked they performed. However sometimes the > quality was a bit too cheap, and there were reliability issues. I recall > one day they offered a really cool condenser microphone. We needed some > good mikes for our church, so we bought one and tried it out -- it was > positively the best sounding mike we'd ever heard! We bought several > more -- and all was fine for a month or so. Then one of them failed. We > took it back, and RS happily swapped it for a new one. Then another > failed -- same thing. Then another, and another, and with each return > neither we nor the store manager was quite as happy as before. The good > news is that he kept honoring the warranties, but we eventually got tired > and simply bought something else. > > I'm sure each one of you has a similar story to tell. Radio Shack over > the years has made some really ingenious products, and if the quality was > even one step higher they would have been much more successful. As it is > however, this outfit has a reputation for being cheap and unreliable. > Even if they had the parts I need, and even if they're fine, I would NEVER > display "We use Radio Shack parts here" as a selling point. As it is, I > avoid them. As for their other products, it seems "Realistic" has become > synonymous with "the cheapest grade you can find." I do indeed have a > couple of Realistic VOM's laying around, but that's really about all I've > got here. > > > -- > Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical > Sound Solutions For Classic Cars > http://www.taymanelectrical.com > > > > >> I remember the quality of RS parts in the early 70's was exceptionally >> bad. In the 80s the quality did get better, someone in marketing must >> have figured out that if you want repeat business, customers need to be >> happy with the quality of the stuff you sell. > > Article: 330680 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Mike Schultz" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <43F6471D.541368C3@earthlink.net> <43F665A7.C88B09EC@earthlink.net> <43F72BEB.7FAF8982@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:24:53 GMT Hmmm. You could take a bunch of wall warts and series them up to make a dandy power supply for old battery radios. -- Mike Schultz "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message news:43F72BEB.7FAF8982@earthlink.net... > Mike Schultz wrote: >> >> Well, at least you didn't have to give them your name, address, and phone >> number as you gathered them up. > > > I didn't even have to load them into my truck. The stuff was what > was left after a day of a widow clearing out her husband's collection of > old parts and equipment. She had told me earlier that what didn't sell > was going straight to the landfill. At the end of the show I went to > pick up the wall warts, where she and several local hams filled the bed > of the truck with parts and equipment, and barely left me room to get > into the cab. The total cost for the day was a gallon of gasoline to > get there, and back home. One of the hams I was talking with about > restoring boatanchors even bought my lunch. ;-) > > -- > Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to > prove it. > Member of DAV #85. > > Michael A. Terrell > Central Florida Article: 330681 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Keith Park" References: Subject: Re: RCA Catacombs Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:27:00 GMT Thanks!! Keith "Ron Hershey" wrote in message news:u928v15d7kcfaur3a8ma2plac1iunum6l0@4ax.com... > On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:13:47 GMT, "Keith Park" > wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>Ive got a Radiola 28 in for a resto, what is the best source of info on >>restoring those Catacombs? >>I have 3 to choose from, all have been opened (and hopefully depotted). >> >>Any suggestions or advice? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Keith >> >> > I'm posting a schematic along with measured component values on the > alt.binaries.pictures.radio newsgroup.This is not an RCA document but > was created from scratch by a hobbyist who reverse engineered an > AR-812. Unfortunately I don't have the name of the person who took > the time and trouble to create this document. I'll try to find out so > he gets credit for his effort. > > regards, > Ron Hershey Article: 330682 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Mike Schultz" References: <1140276899.760007.31540@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Customized radio with mirror tiles Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:31:09 GMT You used to be able to buy precut mirror tiles like that for decorative purposes. Betcha if you remove them you will find the reason they were put on in the first place. A nasty burn, perhaps? -- Mike Schultz "AuroraOldRadios" wrote in message news:1140276899.760007.31540@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >I bought this yesterday in Denver. The owners said their grandfather > bought it this way around 1945. Kind of gaudy, but doesn't look too bad > in person. The tile work looks professional because the tiles were cut > to fit the width/length correctly. The radio is from around 1936/37. I > doubt that the tilework is original since I saw a picture of it in > Machine Age all wood, no tiles. 8 tube Admral. > > http://groups.msn.com/AuroraOldRadios/shoebox.msnw > Article: 330683 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F7752F.84421E86@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: old radio downloads References: <11veho4qnanrs99@corp.supernews.com> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:29:30 GMT Ken Doyle wrote: > > Check the subject header of the posts, are they encoded in yenc? If so, you > need a yenc decoder. Yeah, some of them like to Yenc your chain by Yenc encoding PDF files. ;-) -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330684 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F77725.9163AC3D@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <43F6471D.541368C3@earthlink.net> <43F665A7.C88B09EC@earthlink.net> <43F72BEB.7FAF8982@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:37:52 GMT Mike Schultz wrote: > > Hmmm. You could take a bunch of wall warts and series them up to make a > dandy power supply for old battery radios. I think I still have some small dual primary 120/240 to 12 VAC, CT transformers left. If I find them I would use one of the 120 VAC windings for the primary, the second 120 VAC winding for the b+ and the 12 volt winding for the filament supply. I can't see wasting the higher voltage warts for b+ when I'm always short of them for printers, and I don't like the idea of using 12 to 24 low voltage ones to get the B+. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330685 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Re: Mick's AX84 High Octane Build: Painted the Chassis... References: <1140291042.461523.185270@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:40:11 -0500 Why did you paint over the chassis? Ken Mick wrote: > Folks, > > The AX84 High Octane chassis is officially complete. I painted it with > Rust-Oleum Gloss White Enamel. Will definitely miss the polished > chassis and will use that technique in a future build. > > Current Build Step: > www.charlestonarea.com/octane/octane_feb_16.htm > > Full Build Index: > www.charlestonarea.com/octane > > Best to all, > Mick > Article: 330686 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Conalrad CD radio alert cold war display. Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:38:34 -0600 Message-ID: <981-43F777BA-1785@storefull-3254.bay.webtv.net> References: <97qJf.33$Td2.4@trndny06> About eight or ten months ago,I bought a Lifelong model 2002 AM/FM radio for $5.00 at a Walgreen's store.They had a bunch of different models of radios marked down to $5.00.The radio has three plastic tubes on top of the radio and each tube has a little round circular plastic grid with a lot of little round holes in the grids inside of each tube and each of the tubes light up when the radio is turned on,it is suppose to look like a sort of a retro tube type radio.The performance of the cheap little radio is really crappy,I do not reccomend it for serious listening.I only bought it because I like novelty radios. cuhulin Article: 330687 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Nelson Gietz" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1140222384.294158.109460@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <_BJJf.1035$p13.746@trnddc08> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:04:04 -0600 I've always thought of "Realistic" as meaning "closely resembling, but not quite being the real item". Nelson Article: 330688 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: It made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like some Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:52:34 -0600 Message-ID: <982-43F77B02-460@storefull-3254.bay.webtv.net> References: <05c3b6229a5d33f4da9676950374539b@localhost.talkaboutcollecting.com> I once read about a guy who worked for a company and sometimes he would have to do some work on their IBM copying machines.I dont remember what he said he used to do to those machines,but it was something to do with placing something (an electronic part or whatever it was) in the machines rollers (or whatever) and the machines would shoot that little part up into the ceiling.Another story I once read at Parascope was about a guy who did repair and maintance on radars in the Southwest.Sometimes for fun at night times and when he was bored,he would do something to the radar systems gain controls that are in the radar units and then he would step outside for a while and smoke a cigarette.Meanwhile there were little zig zag thingys zig zagging around on the radar screens and those people inside of the building watching the radar screens were hollering UFOs! Then he would go back inside and readjust the gain controls and the UFOs would disappear. cuhulin Article: 330689 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <11veho4qnanrs99@corp.supernews.com> <43F7752F.84421E86@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: old radio downloads Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:19:30 GMT "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message news:43F7752F.84421E86@earthlink.net... > Ken Doyle wrote: >> >> Check the subject header of the posts, are they encoded in yenc? If so, you >> need a yenc decoder. > > > Yeah, some of them like to Yenc your chain by Yenc encoding PDF > files. ;-) > I use a downloading robot for the binaries. I just enter the group name, and hit the green start button. It downloads and automatically converts the files for me. I use NewsBinPro from here: http://www.newsbin.com/ Then I go back and delete those files that are of no interest to me, and save the rest. There were really a lot of old radio relate items there the last couple of days. jim menning Article: 330690 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Daniele" References: Subject: FREE and FAST downloads Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:30:03 GMT To ALL people looking at old radio publications on alt.binaries.e-book.technical: i guess lot of the files posted on that binary are available from my site (101 Hook ups, servicing superetherodynes,...). I'm quite sure you can download them more quickly directly from my site without wasting time combining and decoding and missing files. On my site files are in DjVu, in the past i've offered them in PDF version on CD for free, i suppose some of them are from some CDs i shipped overseas. It happended also that someone in the past downloaded them and was selling a CD on the forum... poor people.. easy way to get money with the work of other people.. i guess it's becoming too hard just say 'thanks to..'; anyway, the offer of a full CD with them in PDF or DJVU, also with some more other utilities, is still available for free, just ask, in 2005 i've shipped 16 CD in USA, 3 in Canada, 3 in Germany and one in Great Britain, all for free. -- Daniele ^___^ http://www.tuberadio.it Article: 330691 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "effi" Subject: Re: It made a loud bang type of noise, then it smelled like some Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:40:37 -0600 Message-ID: <11vf52m66s4nm6e@corp.supernews.com> References: <05c3b6229a5d33f4da9676950374539b@localhost.talkaboutcollecting.com> <982-43F77B02-460@storefull-3254.bay.webtv.net> <5JydnWo4W-AZHWrenZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@athenet.net> "philo" wrote in message news:5JydnWo4W-AZHWrenZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@athenet.net... > > >> the radar screens were hollering UFOs! Then he would go back inside and >> readjust the gain controls and the UFOs would disappear. >> cuhulin >> > > a good story... > but the whole concept of UFO seems logically impossible. > once the object is identified as a UFO... > it can no longer be a UFO can it ? > > most things flying in the sky are ufos to most people Article: 330692 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Lyndell Scott" References: <11veho4qnanrs99@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: old radio downloads Message-ID: <2TMJf.15363$NS6.9610@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:05:50 GMT Learn something new every day. Found and downloaded a decoder and was able to successfully decode the files. Thanks -- Lyndell Scott Audio Antiques http://home.flash.net/~lfscott/ Article: 330693 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Reed Park" Subject: 6B7M tube needed Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:27:05 GMT Greetings I am looking for a 6B7M type tube for a Rogers radio. Unfortunately, the Rogers (Canadian) tube does not have the same base as a regular 6B7. I don't want to butcher the radio by re-wiring the socket. I did build an adapter so I could get the radio going, but would like to get it back into original condition. Please contact me off list if you have any of these tubes for sale. Regards Reed ----- ARROW Research - (CF-105 Avro Arrow) Reed Park 916 Pre-d'en-Haut Street Memramcook, New Brunswick Canada E4K 1L1 (506)758-3128 Member of the W.S. #19 Group Article: 330694 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Raymond Koonce Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1140220891.881098.120830@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:13:04 -0600 //rant mode on I went there twice today, once to return some cables they sold me that didn't work and once to buy a new solder sucker. Both times they hit me up about a new cell phone, and kept bugging me after I said "No" the first time. "May I ask what cell provider you're using?" No, you may not. //rant mode off There, I feel better now. pgonshor@aol.com wrote: > Radio Shack has long been a crappy place to shop, not only for parts, > but also for cell phones, audio or anything else you can name. The > sales people are discourteous. Their checkout is Byzantine (always > asking for your address for sales promotions, long lines, cumbersome > cash registers, etc.). Their stock is generally poor quality, or, if > it is good quality, grossly overpriced. These problems have happended > over and over and over again for years. That means it is a management > philosophy to really piss off the customer. I've not left Radio Shack > happy for many years, ALWAYS pissed off. I'm surprised they lasted > this long! > Article: 330695 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" References: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Question. Not realy OT $pam filtering (It is a part of participating in this newsgroup). Message-ID: <3MOJf.2678$lR2.2515@trndny01> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:14:55 GMT ............... You run an open [spam] relay that > pesters me, I got a problem with that. Anyone, That brings up a question. How can one tell if that is happening on your own computer (i.e., hijacked)? I run XP (semi-auto updating), outlook express with McAfee (auto updating). If I send an email over to the same or different people (like when forgetting to include some one in the CC list) McAfee stops the email and sends up a warning. Do you think I have enough potection or is something happening that I may not be aware of? Thanks, Paul. Article: 330696 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: FREE and FAST downloads From: "Haggis" telus.net> References: Message-ID: Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:49:42 GMT On 18-Feb-2006, "Daniele" wrote: > i guess lot of the files posted on that binary are > available from my site (101 Hook ups, servicing superetherodynes,...). > I'm quite sure you can download them more quickly > directly from my site without wasting time combining and decoding > and missing files. Thanks for making them available easily Danielle. A good portion (at least half) of what I've downloaded, decoded, converted..... yada...... yada.......are the same one your site carries! Haggis. Article: 330697 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43F7C27B.B852B9FD@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Question. Not realy OT $pam filtering (It is a part of References: <11vapt9g3r5djac@corp.supernews.com> <3MOJf.2678$lR2.2515@trndny01> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:59:26 GMT Paul P wrote: > > ............... You run an open [spam] relay that > > pesters me, I got a problem with that. > > Anyone, > > That brings up a question. How can one tell if that is happening on your > own computer (i.e., hijacked)? I run XP (semi-auto updating), outlook > express with McAfee (auto updating). If I send an email over to the same or > different people (like when forgetting to include some one in the CC list) > McAfee stops the email and sends up a warning. Do you think I have enough > potection or is something happening that I may not be aware of? > > Thanks, > Paul. There is a program called, "Hijack This" that will tell you what is running, and what is installed on your computer's hard drive, or drives, but it isn't for people who don't know exactly what they are doing. It is available for free from the author, along with a number of other useful tools that can help fix problems, or totally screw up a computer if you don't know what you are doing. Beware: If you go looking for it that there are hundreds of fake pages out there that claim to have it, but they either want to sell it to you, or they are just looking for hits. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 330698 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Benjamaniac" Subject: Late Free Friday Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:41:58 -0700 Message-ID: I just ran across this in my shop...a glass dial scale for a Firestone 4-A-20. It had a little flaking on it when I got it years ago so I coated it with with Triple Thick and stopped the flaking, then put it in storage for possible future use. Since that future is still waiting to happen...if any one needs one of these...1st come...1st served. All I want is a couple bucks for shipping. Drop me a line. Ben Article: 330699 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Twiget" References: <11veho4qnanrs99@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: old radio downloads Message-ID: Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 01:56:39 GMT I use Xnews to decode yenc files. I have only used it a few weeks. I still have a lot to learn. But it seems to work fine for me. Jim "Ken Doyle" wrote in message news:i7mdnduEpruy72renZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@giganews.com... > Check the subject header of the posts, are they encoded in yenc? If so, > you > need a yenc decoder. > > Ken D. > > "Lyndell Scott" wrote in message > news:KAIJf.1440$%m4.1433@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com... >> Thanks for your reply. I found the combine feature and attempted to >> follow >> the instructions to select and re-order as necessary the associated >> files. >> It goes through the process, but what is displayed in a separate window >> is >> still gibberish. What am I doing wrong? >> >> -- >> >> Lyndell Scott >> Audio Antiques >> http://home.flash.net/~lfscott/ >> >> > > Article: 330700 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: eBay translation dictionary... References: Message-ID: <_tQJf.12605$Ou1.2731@tornado.socal.rr.com> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:12:10 GMT Mark Oppat wrote: > I found this on a clock website, ya gotta love it! > > http://www.telechron.net/features/glossary.htm That's some finagling. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330701 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: Mick's AX84 High Octane Build: Painted the Chassis... References: <1140291042.461523.185270@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:15:16 GMT Mick wrote: > Folks, > > The AX84 High Octane chassis is officially complete. That's nice looking Mick. Now, keep us abreast of how it works when you get all the bits and pieces hooked up. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 330702 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rick" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1140222384.294158.109460@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: <7CRJf.205$F56.16@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 03:29:07 GMT "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:jtqdnXCnstxeSGreRVn-qA@comcast.com... > ....so you know what I mean! West Side (owned by Norwest owner-Ted's > brother... I forget his name)and the others didnt have the retail storefront > as much as Norwest, IIRC. We had a LOT of walk-over business from the > Highland Appliance store that was next door. Highland was a 1970's version > of what Best Buy is now. They started in appliances and moved into stereo > and car stereo, but didnt carry all the "little bits" you needed to make a > good install. Also, many items they carried could use power options like > auto cigarette lighter cords, which were not included... we had them! > > Funny, after I built the car stereo display, we had a lot of folks buy from > us because I knew what I was talking about... and, when I went to write > them up, they thought they were actually in Highland Appliance! > > Mark Oppat > > All the places you mention are gone now. Yep, Highland and Fretters were the two major ones. I also recall Stereo City. Wasn't there a Radio Frank on Michigan Avenue? Article: 330703 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Customized radio with mirror tiles Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:31:06 -0600 Message-ID: <17264-43F7F48A-1988@storefull-3253.bay.webtv.net> References: I would leave it like it is.But you better not go walking around down town with that radio. cuhulin Article: 330704 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gordon Richmond Subject: Re: 6B7M tube needed Message-ID: References: Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 04:53:59 GMT Reed, I have a carton full of those coated M-type tubes. Whether there is a 6B7M there or not I cannot say. I'm away from home at work, and expect tobe here for several weeks yet. Drop me an e-mail, and I'll print it out. That way, when I get home and clean out my briefcase, I'll find the printout and be reminded to look for it. At least, in theory, that's how it works. Gordon Richmond Article: 330705 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <43F6471D.541368C3@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: <%FTJf.1148$uV6.798@news-wrt-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 05:49:47 GMT Dollar Tree has them for a buck. And RS wonders where their customers went? Ray "philo" wrote in message news:W6-dnQpAc7N842renZ2dnUVZ_v-dnZ2d@athenet.net... > > "Rune" wrote in message > news:sYsJf.241$uV6.98@news-wrt-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com... >> Even at half price they are too expensive. I priced one a couple of weeks >> ago and walked out empty-handed. >> >> $30 for a wart? I found one at a general merchandise (glorified dollar >> store) for $3.99. Looks identical too. >> > > > Yes... > I just wanted to get a cheapie mouse for my computer... > they wanted $16 for a mouse that would have been $5 almost anywhere else. > Article: 330706 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: <1140211989.472562.279990@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1140222384.294158.109460@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Watch your local Radio Shack Message-ID: Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 05:58:46 GMT I was going through some old stuff a few weeks back and came across an OLD Radio Shack flyer. Back before they had stores everywhere and when even Lafayette and Allied were mail order. They carried unbelievable stuff. Air compressors, generators, even rifles! Then they started spreading out and making their inventory homogenous. It looks like we've come full circle. Mail order, regional stores, local stores, useless stores, no special order, back to mail order. Ray "Bob" wrote in message news:1140222384.294158.109460@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > Radio Shack "whose chief executive has admitted to lying on his > resume"... Who hasen't? Did he just fudge some dates at a previous > company or did he claim to have a degree from some fancy college? The > first, so what, the second, he should get canned. Anyway, > > I remember the quality of RS parts in the early 70's was exceptionally > bad. In the 80s the quality did get better, someone in marketing must > have figured out that if you want repeat business, customers need to be > happy with the quality of the stuff you sell. > > In any event, it looks like mail order (Internet web site ordering is > really nothing more than mail order except you should be getting > immediate feedback if something is in stock or not) has been and will > be the perferred method of getting stuff. And no sales tax if out of > state, but that's partly balanced out by shipping costs. But, as RS > has in state presense in every state, they'd be at a disadvantage as > they'd have to charge sales tax. If they really wanted to make a go of > mail order, they ought to set up a new company in a state with no sales > tax (Oregon?). But they probably won't want to bother. >