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35 years ago
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 Ron Lawrence, kc4yoy (Curmudgeon in training) POBox 3015 Matthews, NC 28106-3015 704-289-1166 (home) kc4yoy(at)carolina.rr.com Radio Collection Web Page, http://www.radioheaven.homestead.com |
Ron,
You have a good memory, I am lucky I remember the day I was married..... well, not quite that bad. You have one hell of a collection many will envy. Regards, Sal Brisindi 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 Ron Lawrence, kc4yoy (Curmudgeon in training) POBox 3015 Matthews, NC 28106-3015 704-289-1166 (home) kc4yoy(at)carolina.rr.com Radio Collection Web Page, http://www.radioheaven.homestead.com |
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says... http://radioheaven.homestead.com/35years.html 73, Ron Hi Ron .... beautiful collection of goodies and radios.... Have a question for you about one thats in this picture... http://radioheaven.homestead.com/files/bookcase.JPG The AK console on the left.... under the metal coffin boxes... what model # is the radio thats in it?... maybe a 20C or one of the other breadbox units #33 perhaps?... yes I have one... that is incomplete.. and need to know what to look for to complete it.... John k9uwa |
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m... 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 Ron Lawrence, kc4yoy (Curmudgeon in training) POBox 3015 Matthews, NC 28106-3015 704-289-1166 (home) kc4yoy(at)carolina.rr.com Radio Collection Web Page, http://www.radioheaven.homestead.com Ron - IF you ever have the opportunity, I would love a copy of the VHF TV pyramidal antenna article from that issue by George J. Monser. Mr. Monser has since passed away, and I already have his UHF follow-up article g. beat w9gb |
Ron Lawrence KC4YOY wrote:
May 1st, 2005, 35 years ago today I bought my first "antique" radio. That's about the same time I picked up two AA5s at the church fair. An RCA 8X541 and a GE clock radio c435. Neither too exciting at the time with respect to being antiques, just old. |
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/files/bookcase.JPG
The AK console on the left.... under the metal coffin boxes... what model # is the radio thats in it?... maybe a 20C or one of the other breadbox units #33 perhaps?... yes I have one... that is incomplete.. and need to know what to look for to complete it.... That's a cabinet built by Connor or Conner not sure which. The radio is a AK model 36 which was their first AC powered set. The separate power supply is in the lower cabinet behind the model E speaker. Ron |
robert casey wrote:
Ron Lawrence KC4YOY wrote: May 1st, 2005, 35 years ago today I bought my first "antique" radio. That's about the same time I picked up two AA5s at the church fair. An RCA 8X541 and a GE clock radio c435. Neither too exciting at the time with respect to being antiques, just old. That was about the time I was putting the 17th coat of spar varnish on my first RCA console to hide the splitting veneer. :( -Bill |
It always seems that there is someone who passes the antique radio bug
on to the next person. For me it was about 12 years ago, someone I know gave me a small tube tester, a westinghouse console radio, and a little advice. Since then, I have aquired several more radios, and although I still have a lot to learn, it has been a tonne of fun!!! Gonna have to buy my own house soon though.... with all the hobbies in this house, there is no more room for me anymore. Shawn K www.thisoldradio.com |
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 -- regards from :: John Bartley 43 Norway Spruce Street Stittsville, Ontario Canada, K2S1P5 ( If you slow down it takes longer - does that apply to life also?) |
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. -- Mike McGinn Registered Linux User 377849 "more kidneys than eyes!" |
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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 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) Thousands of vintage radio schematics available at The Schematic Bank: http://techpreservation.dyndns.org/schematics/ Archive of Alt.Binaries.Pictures.Radio postings: http://techpreservation.dyndns.org/abpr/ Universal Schematic Locator-finds schematics in Rider, Beitman, and Sams: http://techpreservation.dyndns.org/U...ES/uslpage.htm |
The AK console on the left.... under the metal coffin boxes...
what model # is the radio thats in it?... maybe a 20C or one of the other breadbox units #33 perhaps?... yes I have one... that is incomplete.. and need to know what to look for to complete it.... John, there's one like it except in a pooley cabinet listed on the bay now. It has a model AK 33 which is the battery model that was used to make the model 36 AC set. It's a neat looking radio with the big E speaker sticking through the front. Ron |
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 |
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