Mike: I still remember listening to the Shadow as I warmed my hands over the

little thermals set up by the 6V6 'valves'.

Transistors stole my childhood. Damn you Bell Labs! g

LOL As they say... Real radios glow in the dark.

My late wife (N5GIN) of 52+ years, bless her, thought the same thing. She would
have rather had an SX-28A in the living room than one of the super receivers of
today.

73,
Bill, K5BY

WShoots1 wrote:

My late wife (N5GIN) of 52+ years, bless her, thought the same thing. She would
have rather had an SX-28A in the living room than one of the super receivers of
today.


And who could blame her?

http://www.rigpix.com/hallicrafter/sx28a.htm


That is one sweet looking set.




mike

From: (WShoots1)
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: 10 Jul 2004 05:32:21 GMT
Subject: Update on 12-year-old's SW radio

Mike: I still remember listening to the Shadow as I warmed my hands over
the

little thermals set up by the 6V6 'valves'.

Transistors stole my childhood. Damn you Bell Labs! g

LOL As they say... Real radios glow in the dark.

My late wife (N5GIN) of 52+ years, bless her, thought the same thing. She
would
have rather had an SX-28A in the living room than one of the super receivers
of
today.

73,
Bill, K5BY

My JRC NRD-525 has a red LED right inside the vent in the top of the metal
cabinet. If I squint my eyes a little it's easy to imagine that it's the
glow of a tube filament.

Greg

"Greg" wrote in message
...
My JRC NRD-525 has a red LED right inside the vent in the top of the metal
cabinet. If I squint my eyes a little it's easy to imagine that it's the
glow of a tube filament.

Greg


Now there you go... I wonder if I could make a job out of installing several
orange or yellow LED's run on low current in solid state gear to give that
tube look to them.. :)

Brenda Ann Dyer wrote:

"Greg" wrote in message
...

My JRC NRD-525 has a red LED right inside the vent in the top of the metal
cabinet. If I squint my eyes a little it's easy to imagine that it's the
glow of a tube filament.

Greg



Now there you go... I wonder if I could make a job out of installing several
orange or yellow LED's run on low current in solid state gear to give that
tube look to them.. :)


Good step one. Now, how to get a working 'cat's eye' tuner tube
equivalent...



mike

(New subject):

"Dan" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 07:06:56 GMT, m II
wrote:

Grundig S800, S650, S700, YB400, YB550PE, S350
Degen DE1102, Kaito KA1102
Drake R8, Radio Shack DX-440

I intend to purchase a multi-band (world) DX receiver for global short wave
listening, as well as long-distance BCB. The list above from Dan seems to
include some of the most popularly used and discussed receivers available.

Could anyone assist me with their experiences by suggesting a priority
order - best to worst - for say half of them, based on performance and
features.

Also, what brands and models perform even better than those shown above, in
order of increasing cost?

TIA

Graeme