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October 5th 04, 03:09 AM

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On Mon 04 Oct 2004 07:56:25p, BDK
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In article , says...
What was your first radio?

I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had
back in the 1960's.

Anyone else remember those things?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I had one of those, it was red with a blue nose cone. Only would get two
stations most of the time, a nearby one at 1560KHZ, and another one,
CKLW on 800KHZ. For some reason it almost always covered up WJR on
760KHZ. My first radio was a record player/AM combo deal that always
hummmed a little, and would zap the hell out of you if you touched any
of the chassis screws while you were grounded. My dad got zapped and got
me a new record player and gave me huge AM/FM portable(tubes)that really
sounded great. The new record player was as dangerous as the original
one.

BDK

I forgot about getting zapped by record players...

On a side note, did you ever wonder why they didn't bundle 8-track players
with a book of matches so you could "wedge" the cassette up or down to get
it to play right?

-=jd=-

How could you forget about that?? I remember really getting nailed when
I was about 5. Everything tasted bad for a while after that.

I used to have a tape recording of me talking to a guy in England on the
CB back in about 1971 or so, I was 14 or 15, and my voice hadn't changed
yet, and all of a sudden, there's a ZZZZZZT, as I got nailed by my
linear (I was tweaking it) and was thrown across the room. You can hear
me slam into the closet door, and moan and groan, etc. That taught me to
be more careful around tube stuff with the top cover removed. Hand in
the pocket = good rule!

You know, I went from reel to reel to cassette without dealing with 8
tracks, I had friends that screwed with them constantly. I couldn't take
the wow and flutter they had.

BDK