Trans-Oceanic Radios
 

I did a search and I saw great pictures of some of these radios. They are
just incredible. I notice that they often came with a panel on the back
side that came up. I wonder what that was for?

Not too long ago I was at J&R's (electronic store), and I did see replicas
of vintage radios. And I did see a Trans-Oceanic style radio. It looked
like the radio that was use in the Spirit of St. Luis. But this one did not
have SW, (dam)! I forgot the name of the brand!


And I think that The Shaper Image makes one too.

73!

I did a search and I saw great pictures of some of these radios. They are
just incredible. I notice that they often came with a panel on the back
side that came up. I wonder what that was for?


If you are talking about the tube type from the 1950s that panel
lifted up from the front and was a cover for the radio dial to protect
it as well as a holder for the wavemagnet antenna...
I have an H500 from 1952? or so that I should restore one day....
If your talking about the later solid state ones, I have no clue.

Some shortwave radios had a list of sw broadcast stations and frequencies -
maybe that's what it is for.

Strength and Honor

"ROBMURR" wrote in message
...
I did a search and I saw great pictures of some of these radios. They are
just incredible. I notice that they often came with a panel on the back
side that came up. I wonder what that was for?


If you are talking about the tube type from the 1950s that panel
lifted up from the front and was a cover for the radio dial to protect
it as well as a holder for the wavemagnet antenna...
I have an H500 from 1952? or so that I should restore one day....
If your talking about the later solid state ones, I have no clue.

That was for easy access to the innards.

"S R" wrote in message
...
I did a search and I saw great pictures of some of these radios. They are
just incredible. I notice that they often came with a panel on the back
side that came up. I wonder what that was for?

Not too long ago I was at J&R's (electronic store), and I did see replicas
of vintage radios. And I did see a Trans-Oceanic style radio. It looked
like the radio that was use in the Spirit of St. Luis. But this one did
not
have SW, (dam)! I forgot the name of the brand!


And I think that The Shaper Image makes one too.

73!

"S R" wrote in message
...
I did a search and I saw great pictures of some of these radios. They are
just incredible. I notice that they often came with a panel on the back
side that came up. I wonder what that was for?

Not too long ago I was at J&R's (electronic store), and I did see replicas
of vintage radios. And I did see a Trans-Oceanic style radio. It looked
like the radio that was use in the Spirit of St. Luis.

The Spirit of St Louis had no radio.

S R wrote:
I did a search and I saw great pictures of some of these radios. They are
just incredible. I notice that they often came with a panel on the back
side that came up. I wonder what that was for?

It's an antenna, which Zenith called the Wavemagnet, and which was
detachable and could be used at the end of an extension cable for best
placement.

--
John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
-Louis Armstrong

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
om...


The Spirit of St Louis had no radio.



That's right. Lindberg figured it would better to carry extra fuel
rather than a radio.

But "Spirit of St. Louis" is now a brand name for some really cheesy,
weird imported products:

http://www.allfunkystuff.com/Spiritofstlouis.htm

The SOSL Alarm Clock Radio sorta fits the original poster's description.

Frank Dresser

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:54:45 -0500, "S R" wrote:

I did a search and I saw great pictures of some of these radios. They are
just incredible. I notice that they often came with a panel on the back
side that came up. I wonder what that was for?

Not too long ago I was at J&R's (electronic store), and I did see replicas
of vintage radios. And I did see a Trans-Oceanic style radio. It looked
like the radio that was use in the Spirit of St. Luis. But this one did not
have SW, (dam)! I forgot the name of the brand!


And I think that The Shaper Image makes one too.

73!

I have a couple different models of these. They perform very well for
a tube radio. I perfer listening to the radio on a tube radio over the
new ones. My collection of tube radios are mostly from the 30's and
40's. My collection now includes 67 true radios.
Hang on to the Trans-Oceanic radios, they are becomming very
collectable.

I have a couple different models of these. They perform very well for
a tube radio. I perfer listening to the radio on a tube radio over the
new ones. My collection of tube radios are mostly from the 30's and
40's. My collection now includes 67 true radios.
Hang on to the Trans-Oceanic radios, they are becomming very
collectable.

I have a D7000Y that someone gave my father when it was about a year old,
it still works well.

Is anyone familiar with Loewe Opta Radios? We have a Meteor model that my
wife's father bought new in Germany around 1960.
It's an awesome looking radio with MW SW LW And FM bands.
Huge (by todays standards) with a finely crafted wood cabinet.
I've never heard it working and was wondering what kind of performance to
expect when I get it fixed.

Norm
Yarmouth NS Can.

A time zone map? I heard rave reviews of the TransOceanic for years
and finally got one. It was one of the transistor models and worked
very well. I let someone else have it years ago, regretfully, and don't
recall for sure what panel you refer to. However, I believe mine had a
time zone map. Also, some of them had rotateable antennas so you could
use them to zero in on the direction to a station, thus using them for
navigation -- direct toward the station or via triangulation.

Al

=================

S R wrote:

I did a search and I saw great pictures of some of these radios. They are
just incredible. I notice that they often came with a panel on the back
side that came up. I wonder what that was for?

Not too long ago I was at J&R's (electronic store), and I did see replicas
of vintage radios. And I did see a Trans-Oceanic style radio. It looked
like the radio that was use in the Spirit of St. Luis. But this one did not
have SW, (dam)! I forgot the name of the brand!


And I think that The Shaper Image makes one too.

73!

I own a Royal 7000-1 Trans Oceanic----I remember the days when if you
were a SWL, you didn't *admit* to owning one!

Does anyone know if any of the radio magazines published an article on
Trans-Oceanic radios? And which one?

On and off I've subscribe to MT, CQ & Popular Communication never seen one
on Trans-Oceanic radios!

73



"S R" wrote in message
...
I did a search and I saw great pictures of some of these radios. They are
just incredible. I notice that they often came with a panel on the back
side that came up. I wonder what that was for?

Not too long ago I was at J&R's (electronic store), and I did see replicas
of vintage radios. And I did see a Trans-Oceanic style radio. It looked
like the radio that was use in the Spirit of St. Luis. But this one did
not
have SW, (dam)! I forgot the name of the brand!


And I think that The Shaper Image makes one too.

73!

In article , (NDeveau) writes:

Is anyone familiar with Loewe Opta Radios? We have a Meteor model that my
wife's father bought new in Germany around 1960.
It's an awesome looking radio with MW SW LW And FM bands.
Huge (by todays standards) with a finely crafted wood cabinet.
I've never heard it working and was wondering what kind of performance to
expect when I get it fixed.

I have what must be a Loewe Opta of about the same vintage,
but smaller and in a plastic case (I'll have to look up the
name). It's transistorized, but they're in metal cases and
plug in. It's difficult to judge sound quality, as the speaker
had been replaced by the time I got it and it's not an exact
replacement. But as far as I can tell, the radio itself performs
reasonably well. Not as good as my TransOceanic Royal (I think
a 7000) of nearly the same vintage, but quite well for a small
table radio of the era. I'd like to know more about the Loewe
Opta myself.

--
B. Z. Lederman Personal Opinions Only

Posting to a News group does NOT give anyone permission
to send me advertising by E-mail or put me on a mailing
list of any kind.

Please remove the "DISABLE-JUNK-EMAIL" if you have a
legitimate reason to E-mail a response to this post.

I bought my Royal 7000-1 for $250 in 1971, that was a LOT of money to a
kid who's only income was babysitting $$$. I've had offers to sell it
and it ain't going nowhere!



Trans-Oceanic Radios

Group: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Tue, Mar 23, 2004, 9:17pm (EST-3) From:
(Mark=A0Keith)
(ROBMURR) wrote in message
...
I did a search and I saw great pictures of some of these radios. They
are just incredible. I notice that they often came with a panel on the
back side that came up. I wonder what that was for?
If you are talking about the tube type from the 1950s that panel lifted
up from the front and was a cover for the radio dial to protect it as
well as a holder for the wavemagnet antenna... I have an H500 from 1952?
or so that I should restore one day....
I had one of those. 1950-52??. Think it was a H500. Had the square dial
in the middle like a clock...I sold that one long ago, and still regret
it. Thing was great for MW.
I have a 1958 model now. The radio itself is about the same, "different
dial layout", but I preferred the bigger loop in the H500 vs the slimmer
loop in the 58 model. I forgot the model of mine...A600 maybe? But I
don't use mine much any more. I used to use it all the time, but the
caps started drying out, and it would drop out once it got warmed up.
Also, the tubes are getting harder to find and more $$, and I didn't
want to fry em, if I have others radios to burn. It just sits under my
table now collecting dust...I'll fix it up some day when I get overly
bored.
I've got a 1948 RCA console I'd rather mess with than it right now. I
consider that console probably the peak of late 40's MW listening
pleasure, even though as a console, it's pretty boring looking compared
to many of the tombstones, etc. Mine is one of the first RCA models to
use the hideaway drawer on the right for the tuner. The turntable is on
the top left. What makes it semi special is it's audio amp. It's got a
semi high quality dual 6v6 audio amp. Lots of power and good audio for
the average 40's RCA console. Most used smaller single tube audio
outputs. It uses a 12 inch speaker, and has a loop much bigger than a
TO. The loop is rotatable within the rear of the cabinet.It does cover
some lower SW bands also I think up to maybe 19m?? ...
I consider it actually more desirable of an old radio to listen to than
the TO.
It sounds BIG. And it's old enuff to be different...I wasn't born yet,
when it was built... I was only 2 when my 58 TO was built...
If your talking about the later solid state ones, I have no clue.
I've never had any interest in the solid state TO's....Only the tube
jobs. The TO was a high quality radio for it's day. One of the highest
priced you could buy of it's type. MK