"Doughnutz & Coffee" wrote in message
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Sounds like a marketing company someplace has purchased the
B-J name and is now importing more chinese made radios.

I wonder how the Borg Johnson name could have any positive value. Sounds
like one of the Borg or Johnson kids or somebody else sold one more
valueless product. I'd love to see the pitch they made.


They've done the same of late with Emerson and Philco.
I saw a "modern" Philco (chinese made) on the HSN just
yesterday.

Yeah, nearly all the old names are owned by some other company now, usually
offshore. Can't imagine how Borg Johnson got ahead of DuMont for the
nostalgia label market.


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Frank Dresser

"Frank Dresser" wrote in message
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"Doughnutz & Coffee" wrote in message
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[snip]

Sounds like a marketing company someplace has purchased the
B-J name and is now importing more chinese made radios.

I wonder how the Borg Johnson name could have any positive value. Sounds
like one of the Borg or Johnson kids or somebody else sold one more
valueless product. I'd love to see the pitch they made.


They've done the same of late with Emerson and Philco.
I saw a "modern" Philco (chinese made) on the HSN just
yesterday.

Yeah, nearly all the old names are owned by some other company now,
usually
offshore. Can't imagine how Borg Johnson got ahead of DuMont for the
nostalgia label market.



Borg-Johnson, huh?? Meaning if you buy one, you will be ASS-imilated??

"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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Borg-Johnson, huh?? Meaning if you buy one, you will be ASS-imilated??




Seems the more we learn about Borg Johnson, the less inclined we are to buy.
History is, indeed, a fine teacher. A lesson missed by the crew of the
Enterpirse on the Next Generation. Had they learned the lesson of one of
the sorriest automotive options of the last half of the twentieth century,
their
greatest enemy would have been no more than an annoying nuisance.

Consider the car clock. Not the hand wound version, but the self winding
version which replaced it. The hand wound version was no more reliable than
it's owner. A forgetful owner might occasionally forget to wind the car
clock. Recorded history is largely silent on the troubles which befell
owners of run down car clocks, but there's no doubt that the new and
improved self winder quickly assimilated the car clock market. The self
winder was much like the hand wound type, except the clock was wound every
few minutes by a solenoid triggered by contacts connected to the mainspring.
Now, if Mr. Forgetful lets his car's battery run down, the car clock's
automated winder would wind with increasingly weaker kicks until there
wasn't enough juice to kick up the mainspring, but plenty enough to ruin
it's contact points. Many, if not most, of these senseless automated self
winding clocks had the name "BORG" stamped in on the back in large capital
letters.

So, the strategy should have been obvious. Encourge the cybernetic
organisms to fly around in foggy or dusky weather. Get 'em to drink a few.
Mandate a 24 hour headlight law.

Oh, sure, you might say, "Well, they'll just call up their role models, The
Daleks, jumpstart the Borg Cubes, and be as powerful and dangerous as ever!"
Powerful, yes. But far less dangerous -- once that moment's negligence
permently cost them the ability to be Ticked Off.

Frank Dresser

model number of HS-912R.

The 912, eh?
Don't know what the R stands for, maybe rackmount?

HS probably stands for "here, stupid...."

I forget if the 912 has 9 resistors and 12 capacitors, or 91 resistors and two
capacitors. Something like that.

I am also researching internet for more information about the following radio:

What does this quote mean? lawsuit on a Borg-Johnson $5.00 pocket radio: http://www.usps.com/judicial/1958deci/1-10.htm

I am considering the following: World Wide Radio - Borg Johnson 25,000mi
A nationally advertised $79.95 only $14.95 + $6.00 Std. Shipping or $7.00 Rush Shipping
Large LCD - screen shows radio frequency
Sliding multi-band selector - DX and local modes
Built-in L.C. circuit and 10-stage selector switch
520 KiloHz to 1710 KiloHz range LC
560 MegaHz to 108 MegaHz
Built-in Ultra-Power speaker system
Fine-tune amp control system
Ear-phone jack for headphones
Telescopic, rotating antenna
User guide and stations listings included free
Clock with alarm [/quote]

To find picture of radio & above information see: www.usasd.com
Click on Buy Binoculars and this radio is an alternative or additional choice.

I am trying to find out more about it by researching the internet... Does it pick up AM/FM, etc?

Hope this is a help to you...

Clyde
Will I buy the Binoculars? Yes, Will I also buy the Radio? Unknown?
Humble Servant Leader ministering to the needs of others

To find picture of radio & above information see: www.usasd.com
Click on Buy Binoculars and this radio is an alternative or additional choice.

I am trying to find out more about it by researching the internet... Does it pick up AM/FM, etc?

Hope this is a help to you...

Clyde
Will I buy the Binoculars? Yes, Will I also buy the Radio? Unknown?
Humble Servant Leader ministering to the needs of others[/quote]

Dear Member searching for BJWW radio:

World Wide Radio - Borg Johnson 25,000mi
A nationally advertised $79.95 only $14.95
Large LCD - screen shows radio frequency
Sliding multi-band selector - DX and local modes
Built-in L.C. circuit and 10-stage selector switch
520 KiloHz to 1710 KiloHz range LC
560 MegaHz to 108 MegaHz
Built-in Ultra-Power speaker system
Fine-tune amp control system
Ear-phone jack for headphones
Telescopic, rotating antenna
User guide and stations listings included free
Clock with alarm [/quote]


[/quote]

looks like a knock-off of the el cheapo Kaide SW receivers . . .


"Clyde Sanford" wrote in message
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Mike Polinske Wrote:
Has anyone heard of the Borg Johnson Radio?

I got an offer in the mail that was offering it free with a 10 day
trial oT a "nutritional supplement". The mailing says the radio is a
$79 value, but I can't find any information on the radio. If it were
legit, I'd expect to see more information about the radio.

The picture of the radio shows a 12 band FM/TV/MW/SW1-9 radio with a
model number of HS-912R.

If you want more info, email me and I'll send you the technical
specifications as well as a link to see a picture of the radio.

I'd rather be sure the radio is genuine and works as advertised than
get it and be disappointed.

Thanks in advance,

Mike Polinske
Milwaukee, WI

I am also researching internet for more information about the following
radio:

What does this quote mean? lawsuit on a Borg-Johnson $5.00 pocket
radio: http://www.usps.com/judicial/1958deci/1-10.htm

I am considering the following: World Wide Radio - Borg Johnson
25,000mi
A nationally advertised $79.95 only $14.95 + $6.00 Std. Shipping or
$7.00 Rush Shipping
Large LCD - screen shows radio frequency
Sliding multi-band selector - DX and local modes
Built-in L.C. circuit and 10-stage selector switch
520 KiloHz to 1710 KiloHz range LC
560 MegaHz to 108 MegaHz
Built-in Ultra-Power speaker system
Fine-tune amp control system
Ear-phone jack for headphones
Telescopic, rotating antenna
User guide and stations listings included free
Clock with alarm

To find picture of radio & above information see: www.usasd.com
Click on Buy Binoculars and this radio is an alternative or additional
choice.

I am trying to find out more about it by researching the internet... Does
it pick up AM/FM, etc?

Hope this is a help to you...

Clyde
Will I buy the Binoculars? Yes, Will I also buy the Radio? Unknown?
Humble Servant Leader ministering to the needs of others




--
Clyde Sanford

Clyde Sanford wrote:
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Appears to be what the Borg on the star trek enterprise series used for
sw listening! straight face

Johnson must be a guy they assimilated and made build the radios for them!

Regards,
JS

If y'all did that devilfinder.com search thangy? Johnson Controls is a
top quality company that makes top quality products.I own two Johnson
thingys.One of them is an old 1940 Johnson two cylinder Outboard Motor
(I own a few more old,old Outboard Engines too,Outboard Boat
Motors/Engines,Elgin,Scott A****er) and the other thingy is a Johnson
two way business Radio.It has about three or four bands and it has
crystals.I used to know a gal by the name of Crystal.My favorite old
Edward G. Robinson movie,Larceny,Inc movie is on Radio tv now.
cuhulin