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First Radio?
What was your first radio?
I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA |
dxAce wrote: What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. And it was tuned by turning the nose cone. It was red and white (maybe some blue, but I don't recall that). Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA |
This what you are referring to?
http://www.bluesky.com/warren/radios/rocketradio/ ANOTHER http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium...al/Rocket.html -- Keyboard to you "dxAce" wrote in message ... What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA |
Mine was the Sony 2010
I now have a Drake R8B Pierre "dxAce" wrote in message ... dxAce wrote: What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. And it was tuned by turning the nose cone. It was red and white (maybe some blue, but I don't recall that). Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA |
Keyboard In The Wilderness wrote: This what you are referring to? http://www.bluesky.com/warren/radios/rocketradio/ Looks similar, but I recall the one that I had being tuned by twisting the nose cone itself, rather than a pull out, push in type of tuner. I'm sure there must have been various variations. Brings back memories. dxAce Michigan USA |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA I wish I remember the exact model. I also wish I still had it. It was a Zenith with one of those tops that flip up. It had, I think, two shortwave bands, marine band and air band along with mw band and fm. My parents got it for me as a Christmas gift when I was 12. That was 26 years ago. After I had it for about five years it got left out in the rain and then thrown away. At the time, there wasn't anything I though I could do to repair it. All it probably needed was a cleaning and a new speaker. Michael |
Subject: First Radio?
From: dxAce Date: 10/3/2004 12:34 PM Central Daylight Time Message-id: What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA A Hammarlund AACS variant of the Super Pro. Tuned from 300 kc to 10 mc. Les |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? I'm assuming you mean shortwave radio. My first was a Sears ComTrek IX - it actually belonged to my dad but I sort of "took it over" once I discovered the SW bands on it. It had a flip down door where a little logbook could be kept, and among the various AM and VHF logs was a sole entry for Radio RSA South Africa. That was enough to pique my interest at 10 yrs of age. The first "real" SW radio of my own was the Realistic DX-160 I received for Christmas one year (c. 1978 or so). |
DesignGuy wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? I'm assuming you mean shortwave radio. No, not necessarily. My first was a Sears ComTrek IX - it actually belonged to my dad but I sort of "took it over" once I discovered the SW bands on it. It had a flip down door where a little logbook could be kept, and among the various AM and VHF logs was a sole entry for Radio RSA South Africa. That was enough to pique my interest at 10 yrs of age. The first "real" SW radio of my own was the Realistic DX-160 I received for Christmas one year (c. 1978 or so). |
DesignGuy wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? My first radio of any kind was a two-transistor "Hinode" AM radio. That was replaced some months later by a 6 transistor Panasonic model T-601. I still have that radio, and it still works! My first shortwave radio (or at least shortwave capable) was a 1937 Zenith console, replete with "Magic Eye", voice/music tone controls, all those standard old goodies. It worked fine, except that the main power output was two 6L6GC's and you could only use one, as it badly needed a cap job, and with both power tubes in, it hummed like a B-17. Tony |
-=jd=- wrote: On Mon 04 Oct 2004 07:56:25p, BDK wrote in message : In article , says... What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA I had one of those, it was red with a blue nose cone. Only would get two stations most of the time, a nearby one at 1560KHZ, WJBK, if memory serves? Tony and another one, CKLW on 800KHZ. For some reason it almost always covered up WJR on 760KHZ. My first radio was a record player/AM combo deal that always hummmed a little, and would zap the hell out of you if you touched any of the chassis screws while you were grounded. My dad got zapped and got me a new record player and gave me huge AM/FM portable(tubes)that really sounded great. The new record player was as dangerous as the original one. BDK |
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wrote: What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA Here it is: http://www.peeblesoriginals.com/vint...stal-radio.jpg My Dad set it up for me. It had a sloping wire down the back of the house from the second floor bedroom. A wire went to the cold water pipe for ground from the upstairs bathroom. My radio was a light blue color. The one in the picture looks to be a very dark blue or black but otherwise looks just like it. That slider was a metal marble that slid along the side of a coil making it a variable tap. I could pick up several local stations with it. This radio was a marvel to me from the standpoint that it did not need any batteries or need to be plugged in the wall outlet. It was powered by the energy it picked up from the air. It was a magical self powered thing. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? First radio that I bought was ye olde Realistic DX-440 (aka the Sangean 803a). However, for about 6 months before that purchase, I'd been listening to a Hallicrafters S-20R Sky Champion that was parked in the lab that I worked at as an undergrad. The real fun came when I stumbled on a Hammarlund HQ-180A in another lab room, but I couldn't talk the professor into giving that one up... --Mike L. |
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What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA Hallicrafters S-120. It wasn't very robust or very good and my grandfather took it back after a month and got me a used S-40B. Now that was a a radio! -- Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html |
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"dxAce" wrote in message ... What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? I'm assuming you mean shortwave radio. My first was a Sears ComTrek IX - it actually belonged to my dad but I sort of "took it over" once I discovered the SW bands on it. It had a flip down door where a little logbook could be kept, and among the various AM and VHF logs was a sole entry for Radio RSA South Africa. That was enough to pique my interest at 10 yrs of age. The first "real" SW radio of my own was the Realistic DX-160 I received for Christmas one year (c. 1978 or so). My first radio was like the crystal radios list on the site below. Click he http://www.xtalman.com/ Postal97321 |
BDK wrote: In article , says... I had one of those, it was red with a blue nose cone. Only would get two stations most of the time, a nearby one at 1560KHZ, WJBK, if memory serves? Tony No, it was WTOD, a daytime Toledo station.. BDK Thanks for the response, BDK. WJBK was in there somewhere - 1510? 1520? In the early sixties, it was one of the four pop stations in Detroit, the other three being WKNR at 1310, WXYZ at 1270, and CKLW which was across the river in Windsor at 800. WJBK was the first to abandon pop - early 1965, I think. Tony |
Hitachi Transistor 6 Model TH-660.
Still have it; still works. Harlan "dxAce" wrote in message ... What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA |
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What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA Been a while...My first was a 6 transister AM job from the Spiegalsp?? catalog. Got that for my 8th birthday, so that would have been Oct 64. I still remember it had a round silver covered speaker, and was turquoise. My brother got one that was white, so I guess they came in various designer color schemes. I lived in Wichita KS at that time, and I was DX'ing all kinds of stuff that fall and winter. I'd listen to lots of dx real early in the morning. The first shortwave radio I bought was a philco portable that I bought from a Firestone store. http://web.wt.net/~nm5k/r6.jpg Covered AM-FM, and 4-12 mc if I remember right. The white clock radio behind it was used as a BFO for CW/SSB. The clock radio on the left was used as normal. Mainly a clock, but the radio worked. The contraption in front of the philco is my first 40m CW transmitter I built. Ran off line voltage, and used a single 6v6. Yes, it worked. :/ I later rebuilt it again in 1977 using a transformer for more B+. Was my first transmitter as a novice. That picture was taken probably in early 71. I know I was in the 8th grade. That "shack" was actually my closet in my bedroom. It wasn't a whole lot bigger than what you see...Room for my armchair behind the table, and that was about it. I had a radio shack reel to reel recorder out of the picture, behind the clipboard to the left. MK |
What was your first radio?
First one entirely of my own was a little Motorola transistor pocket model, with a Green Bay Packers helmet on it, a Christmas gift in (probably) 1968. First one I used for MW DX was a late '50s Sylvania all-tube table radio, it had a pinkish plastic case, speaker cloth with gold threads mixed in, and separate AM and FM controls on either side of the front panel. My mother threw it away while I was in college, and I really wish I had that radio today. |
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On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 13:34:12 -0400, dxAce wrote:
What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA SW tube - Zenith console 1931? model AM/SW SW solid state - Kenwood R-600 Anyone have a recording of the old Tiger baseball theme from WJR (60's)? Jim |
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says... -=jd=- wrote: On Mon 04 Oct 2004 07:56:25p, BDK wrote in message : In article , says... What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA I had one of those, it was red with a blue nose cone. Only would get two stations most of the time, a nearby one at 1560KHZ, WJBK, if memory serves? Tony and another one, CKLW on 800KHZ. For some reason it almost always covered up WJR on 760KHZ. My first radio was a record player/AM combo deal that always hummmed a little, and would zap the hell out of you if you touched any of the chassis screws while you were grounded. My dad got zapped and got me a new record player and gave me huge AM/FM portable(tubes)that really sounded great. The new record player was as dangerous as the original one. BDK No, it was WTOD, a daytime Toledo station.. BDK |
"R.F. Collins" wrote: On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 13:34:12 -0400, dxAce wrote: What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA SW tube - Zenith console 1931? model AM/SW SW solid state - Kenwood R-600 Anyone have a recording of the old Tiger baseball theme from WJR (60's)? Jim Can hear it playing in my head as I type, but don't have a recording of it. Always wondered what the name of that tune was - or if it was something actually written especially for the TV broadcasts. Tony |
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= = = ... What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA DX ACE, My "First Radio" that I bought and paid for myself was a Hitachi TH-812. GoTo= http://www.transistor.org/collection.../hitachi9.html Back then in the early 1960s I managed to receive "WBZ" in Boston, using this Hitachi TH-812 (TRF AM/MW Portable Radio) with an outboard 'inductively coupled' Tunable Ferrite Rod Antenna Feed by a 65 Foot Random Wire Antenna. NOTE: This took me Two Winter Seasons to Log this DX Catch. OBTW: If you are interested in Old Transister Radios Check-Out the "WWW.Transistor.Org" website: GoTo= http://www.transistor.org/collection/collection.html a trip down memory lane ~ RHF .. |
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says... BDK wrote: In article , says... I had one of those, it was red with a blue nose cone. Only would get two stations most of the time, a nearby one at 1560KHZ, WJBK, if memory serves? Tony No, it was WTOD, a daytime Toledo station.. BDK Thanks for the response, BDK. WJBK was in there somewhere - 1510? 1520? In the early sixties, it was one of the four pop stations in Detroit, the other three being WKNR at 1310, WXYZ at 1270, and CKLW which was across the river in Windsor at 800. WJBK was the first to abandon pop - early 1965, I think. Tony I don't remember those other ones, except WXYZ, I seem to remember my dad listening to it for something, and WJR for the Tigers games. I really liked WTOD until it burned up, and they lost all their records and came back as a country station. After that, I guess it was 65 or so, I really haven't listened by choice since. BDK |
On 03 Oct 2004 18:33:52 GMT, (Llgpt) wrote:
Subject: First Radio? From: dxAce Date: 10/3/2004 12:34 PM Central Daylight Time Message-id: What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA A Hammarlund AACS variant of the Super Pro. Tuned from 300 kc to 10 mc. My family had an old Philco upright (about four feet tall) with a knob to change bands (BC and a few SW), The speaker was about 12 inches. There was a tuning knob with an inner fine tuning knob on a concentric shaft. It also had a tube for tuning, whose name I forget. It was mounted with the top forward and the lower sector of the circle widened and narrowed as you tuned past stations. I believe it operated by cjanging the voltage on an element to shield more or less of the electron flow to a cone shaped element just below the top. The first I built had a germanium slug in a holder, which also had a catwhisker mounted nearby in its own holder. The coil was made of enameled wire mounted on a flat rectangular block;. To get it to work just after construction, you had to wipe the slider a number of times across the coil wires to break through the enamel, leaving a shiny copper arc showing. It was the first place I came across fahnestock clips -- for the antenna and ground. |
wrote: On 03 Oct 2004 18:33:52 GMT, (Llgpt) wrote: Subject: First Radio? From: dxAce Date: 10/3/2004 12:34 PM Central Daylight Time Message-id: What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA A Hammarlund AACS variant of the Super Pro. Tuned from 300 kc to 10 mc. My family had an old Philco upright (about four feet tall) with a knob to change bands (BC and a few SW), The speaker was about 12 inches. There was a tuning knob with an inner fine tuning knob on a concentric shaft. It also had a tube for tuning, whose name I forget. Magic Eye? It was mounted with the top forward and the lower sector of the circle widened and narrowed as you tuned past stations. I believe it operated by cjanging the voltage on an element to shield more or less of the electron flow to a cone shaped element just below the top. The first I built had a germanium slug in a holder, which also had a catwhisker mounted nearby in its own holder. The coil was made of enameled wire mounted on a flat rectangular block;. To get it to work just after construction, you had to wipe the slider a number of times across the coil wires to break through the enamel, leaving a shiny copper arc showing. It was the first place I came across fahnestock clips -- for the antenna and ground. |
dxAce wrote: What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. The more I think about it, I must have had the thing maybe in the late 50's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA |
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dxAce wrote: What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. And it was tuned by turning the nose cone. It was red and white (maybe some blue, but I don't recall that). Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA My first radio was also a rocket shaped radio when I was a youngster. It would have been mid to late fifties. All I remember is it had a small antenna about 2-3 inches that was pulled out at tip of nose. I don't remember if this was for tuning or just an antenna. Listening was by earphone only and was able to pick up local AM stations. |
dxAce wrote:
What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. I don't know why it took so long to remember this, but my first radio was a Remco kit radio. Dad had to assemble it for me; I was around five years old. It was essentially a crystal set with a cool plastic case and a sliding tuning knob. My brother and sisters couldn't keep their hands off it, which of course led to its death, and dad couldn't fix it. I was shattered. First shortwave was a Star Roamer, bought used from the Allied ham shack in the early sixties. -- "One month from today, the American dream is on the ballot." -- John Kerry, 10/2 So is the American Nightmare, Jack-F... Please go back to Communist Viet Nam where you're appreciated. |
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dxAce wrote: What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. The more I think about it, I must have had the thing maybe in the late 50's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA Whne I was a kid, in the late 50's, my dad gave me one. My younger sister managed to tear it up while I was at shcool. 2 or 3 years ago I found one, or a good remake at least, at the "Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant" in Lexington, Ky. The original was called a "boys rocket radio". The modern remake works much better then I expected a mass produced unit capable of. My R2000 is not in any danger of being replaced, but it does bring a smile. If you do a net search on "boys rocket radio" you should find some orignals for sale. and by tacking on the work "museum" you should be able to find some interesting web sites. BTW my orignal was blue and this one is red. Terry |
Does anyone remember the Allied Knight Kit "DXer" The first one in the
late '50's was a 3 tube regen unit. Later, about '62 came a three transistor regen kit with the same name, "DXer", that ran on 4 AA cells. I can find NO referance to this radio on the internet but i did have one in '62. Anyone remember this? jk |
John Kirchman wrote:
Does anyone remember the Allied Knight Kit "DXer" The first one in the late '50's was a 3 tube regen unit. Later, about '62 came a three transistor regen kit with the same name, "DXer", that ran on 4 AA cells. I can find NO referance to this radio on the internet but i did have one in '62. Anyone remember this? I have only a fleeting memory of a kit about half the price of the Star Roamer (SR was $39.95) that didn't last long in the catalog. -- "One month from today, the American dream is on the ballot." -- John Kerry, 10/2 So is the American Nightmare, Jack-F... Please go back to Communist Viet Nam where you're appreciated. |
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:26:59 -0400, dxAce wrote:
wrote: On 03 Oct 2004 18:33:52 GMT, (Llgpt) wrote: Subject: First Radio? From: dxAce Date: 10/3/2004 12:34 PM Central Daylight Time Message-id: What was your first radio? I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in the 1960's. Anyone else remember those things? dxAce Michigan USA A Hammarlund AACS variant of the Super Pro. Tuned from 300 kc to 10 mc. My family had an old Philco upright (about four feet tall) with a knob to change bands (BC and a few SW), The speaker was about 12 inches. There was a tuning knob with an inner fine tuning knob on a concentric shaft. It also had a tube for tuning, whose name I forget. Magic Eye? Yep. It was mounted with the top forward and the lower sector of the circle widened and narrowed as you tuned past stations. I believe it operated by cjanging the voltage on an element to shield more or less of the electron flow to a cone shaped element just below the top. The first I built had a germanium slug in a holder, which also had a catwhisker mounted nearby in its own holder. The coil was made of enameled wire mounted on a flat rectangular block;. To get it to work just after construction, you had to wipe the slider a number of times across the coil wires to break through the enamel, leaving a shiny copper arc showing. It was the first place I came across fahnestock clips -- for the antenna and ground. |
Yup, $19.95 it was. I meant to mention that.
jk clifto wrote: John Kirchman wrote: Does anyone remember the Allied Knight Kit "DXer" The first one in the late '50's was a 3 tube regen unit. Later, about '62 came a three transistor regen kit with the same name, "DXer", that ran on 4 AA cells. I can find NO referance to this radio on the internet but i did have one in '62. Anyone remember this? I have only a fleeting memory of a kit about half the price of the Star Roamer (SR was $39.95) that didn't last long in the catalog. |
From: clifto Organization: alabaster raster masters Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:48:47 -0500 Subject: First Radio? John Kirchman wrote: Does anyone remember the Allied Knight Kit "DXer" The first one in the late '50's was a 3 tube regen unit. Later, about '62 came a three transistor regen kit with the same name, "DXer", that ran on 4 AA cells. I can find NO referance to this radio on the internet but i did have one in '62. Anyone remember this? I have only a fleeting memory of a kit about half the price of the Star Roamer (SR was $39.95) that didn't last long in the catalog. -- "One month from today, the American dream is on the ballot." -- John Kerry, 10/2 So is the American Nightmare, Jack-F... Please go back to Communist Viet Nam where you're appreciated. A Space Spanner maybe? I had a Knight Space Spanner, a three tube regen with a speaker and bandspread tuning next to the main tuning. I could pick up Japan and Radio Moscow! Greg |
I also have a Knight Kit Space Spanner, which I purchased as a kit in 1966. I
just replaced the filter capacitor, and it still works great. That was my first receiver, and I'm still DXing today. I still have the manual, and the shortwave listening guide that came with it. A great number of the stations listed in the guide are long gone. Good DXing to you, Gary |
Kachina 78 wrote:
I also have a Knight Kit Space Spanner, which I purchased as a kit in 1966. I just replaced the filter capacitor, and it still works great. That was my first receiver, and I'm still DXing today. I still have the manual, and the shortwave listening guide that came with it. A great number of the stations listed in the guide are long gone. Good DXing to you, Gary The Space Spanner was my firt kit, still have it and it still works great. |
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