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Ron Lawrence KC4YOY May 1st 05 05:09 PM

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



Sal Brisindi May 1st 05 05:41 PM

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



John Goller, k9uwa May 1st 05 08:06 PM

In article ,
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


gb May 1st 05 09:19 PM

" Ron Lawrence KC4YOY" wrote in message
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



robert casey May 1st 05 10:43 PM

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.

Ron Lawrence KC4YOY May 1st 05 10:44 PM

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




Bill May 1st 05 11:15 PM

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

Shawn K May 1st 05 11:17 PM

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

John Bartley May 2nd 05 12:21 AM

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?)

Mike McGinn May 2nd 05 12:51 AM

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!"


John Goller, k9uwa May 2nd 05 01:07 AM

In article ,
says...



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



thanks Ron ... will begin looking for AK-36 to complete the
one we have... Excellent Website... and Excellent radio
collection and display area... I wish I had same setup for
display area... need to sell off about 300 of our radios from
the garage... then close off part of it.. 3 car... and make
nice display area..

trucks.. and money.. and collectors welcome...
John k9uwa


Ron Lawrence KC4YOY May 2nd 05 01:29 AM


A Grebe-Eisman Synchrophase


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

Ron




Mike McGinn May 2nd 05 11:59 AM

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!"


Alan Douglas May 2nd 05 09:27 PM

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

Ron Lawrence KC4YOY May 2nd 05 10:25 PM

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




Scott W. Harvey May 4th 05 04:27 AM

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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Ron Lawrence KC4YOY May 4th 05 11:29 PM

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




Alan Douglas May 5th 05 02:03 AM

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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