Ron Lawrence KC4YOY wrote:

May 1st, 2005, 35 years ago today I bought my first "antique" radio.
I've created a little web page to tell the story.
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/35years.html


73, Ron


Hmmmm........ memories

Approximately 1972 or 1973, so I would have been 14 or 15 I guess. I
remember hooking up to the tractor, the trailer cart that we were using
to sell vegetables at my families roadside market garden. I drove a
couple of miles down the next concession to us, loaded in a 1920's
Columbia console, a lovely unit with two dors that slid on brass rails
to hide inside the cabinet. My brother and I (he's 6 years younger than
I) loaded it in, tied it down and headed home. Because I was too young
to drive on the roads (or so they thought - little did they know :-) ),
I had to take the back lanes and the fields to get onto the concession.
It's a wonder the radio made it! I still have it. It's in my dining
room, some 33 years later.

cheers

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On Sun, 01 May 2005 19:21:13 -0400, John Bartley wrote:

Ron Lawrence KC4YOY wrote:

May 1st, 2005, 35 years ago today I bought my first "antique" radio. I've
created a little web page to tell the story.
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/35years.html


73, Ron


Hmmmm........ memories

Approximately 1972 or 1973, so I would have been 14 or 15 I guess. I
remember hooking up to the tractor, the trailer cart that we were using to
sell vegetables at my families roadside market garden. I drove a couple of
miles down the next concession to us, loaded in a 1920's Columbia console,
a lovely unit with two dors that slid on brass rails to hide inside the
cabinet. My brother and I (he's 6 years younger than I) loaded it in, tied
it down and headed home. Because I was too young to drive on the roads (or
so they thought - little did they know :-) ), I had to take the back lanes
and the fields to get onto the concession. It's a wonder the radio made
it! I still have it. It's in my dining room, some 33 years later.

cheers
Ahh 15, 16 , 17 and 18 years old. Thed early 70s.
I was down in the basement of the Staten Island Historical Society Museum
tinkering with the radio and phone collection. They had as I remember:
Several AK Model 20.
An AK Model 37 (AC powerered withj potted transformers made of green
metal) A Grebe-Eisman Synchrophase
Some GE units in wooden boxes (do not rememberany model info)
Several Victrolas.
Several Edison Cylinder Players
A real beautiful Regina Music Box that played 12 inch metal disks.
Much, mush more. A rela treasure trove.


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Registered Linux User 377849
"more kidneys than eyes!"

A Grebe-Eisman Synchrophase


That's a strange combo, I wonder what it looks like?

Ron

On Mon, 02 May 2005 00:29:24 +0000, Ron Lawrence KC4YOY wrote:


A Grebe-Eisman Synchrophase


That's a strange combo, I wonder what it looks like?

Ron
As I recall it was about 20 inches wide and about 8 deep, three tuning
dials mounted horizontally so they came through the panel, linked by a
chain drive aas I recall.

--
Mike McGinn
Registered Linux User 377849
"more kidneys than eyes!"

Hi,

A Grebe-Eisman Synchrophase

That's a strange combo, I wonder what it looks like?

As I recall it was about 20 inches wide and about 8 deep, three tuning
dials mounted horizontally so they came through the panel, linked by a
chain drive aas I recall.

That's a Grebe Synchrophase. There was another company, Eisemann
Magneto Corp., that made some vaguely similar models, except that only
their rheostats were horizontal, not the tuning dials. Freed-Eisemann
(no relation) was also a well-known maker in the 1920s.

73, Alan

As I recall it was about 20 inches wide and about 8 deep, three tuning
dials mounted horizontally so they came through the panel, linked by a
chain drive aas I recall.

That's a Grebe Synchrophase.

I find it interesting how peoples memory works,
or doesn't depending on how you look at it.
I remember years ago, talking to an old guy that was a friend
of my fathers, when he found out I collected old radios he asked
if I had a Kent A****er... I told him he had the names switched
around and it was A****er Kent.
He just stood me down, that I must not know much about
old radios if I didn't know about Kent A****ers, he knew for
sure that was the name cause they had one when he was
growing up....


Ron

On Mon, 02 May 2005 16:27:45 -0400, Alan Douglas adouglasatgis.net
wrote:

Hi,

A Grebe-Eisman Synchrophase

That's a strange combo, I wonder what it looks like?

As I recall it was about 20 inches wide and about 8 deep, three tuning
dials mounted horizontally so they came through the panel, linked by a
chain drive aas I recall.

That's a Grebe Synchrophase. There was another company, Eisemann
Magneto Corp., that made some vaguely similar models, except that only
their rheostats were horizontal, not the tuning dials. Freed-Eisemann
(no relation) was also a well-known maker in the 1920s.

That must have been a pretty popular model back in the day.......I've
seen no less than five of them at swaps recently in various states of
(dis)repair.

-Scott

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Hi,
Scott wrote:

That must have been a pretty popular model back in the day.......I've
seen no less than five of them at swaps recently in various states of
(dis)repair.

The Grebe Synchrophase was an amazing performer in its day, and
even now. I'd say it was the best unshielded TRF design ever made by
anyone. Grebe sold a lot of them, at $155.

73, Alan