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dxAce October 3rd 04 06:34 PM

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 October 3rd 04 06:43 PM



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 October 3rd 04 06:54 PM

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




Pierre Vachon October 3rd 04 06:55 PM

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





dxAce October 3rd 04 07:02 PM



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



Michael October 3rd 04 07:11 PM


"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



Llgpt October 3rd 04 07:33 PM

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



DesignGuy October 3rd 04 11:58 PM


"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).






dxAce October 4th 04 12:02 AM



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).



Tony Meloche October 4th 04 12:46 AM



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

Tony Meloche October 4th 04 02:11 AM



-=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


Telamon October 4th 04 03:17 AM

In article , 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


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

Michael Lawson October 4th 04 03:22 AM


"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.




Brian Denley October 4th 04 03:24 AM

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


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



RFCOMMSYS October 4th 04 03:27 AM

dxAce asked:


What was your first radio?


An "all-American 5" 5-tube AM table radio which got me hooked on DX when I
heard distant AM stations on it. It had a black plastic cabinet. The back of
the radio was a piece of cardboard with an air-core loop on the inside.

First SW radio was a Hallicrafters S-120.



postal97321 October 4th 04 03:34 AM

"DesignGuy" wrote in message news:nu%7d.104922$wV.18788@attbi_s54...
"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

Tony Meloche October 4th 04 03:41 AM



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

H Davis October 4th 04 04:21 AM

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




Mark Keith October 4th 04 08:20 AM

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


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

Brian Running October 4th 04 03:47 PM

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.



BDK October 5th 04 12:56 AM

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, 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

R.F. Collins October 5th 04 02:43 AM

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

BDK October 5th 04 03:09 AM

In article ,
says...
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, 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



I forgot about getting zapped by record players...

On a side note, did you ever wonder why they didn't bundle 8-track players
with a book of matches so you could "wedge" the cassette up or down to get
it to play right?


-=jd=-


How could you forget about that?? I remember really getting nailed when
I was about 5. Everything tasted bad for a while after that.

I used to have a tape recording of me talking to a guy in England on the
CB back in about 1971 or so, I was 14 or 15, and my voice hadn't changed
yet, and all of a sudden, there's a ZZZZZZT, as I got nailed by my
linear (I was tweaking it) and was thrown across the room. You can hear
me slam into the closet door, and moan and groan, etc. That taught me to
be more careful around tube stuff with the top cover removed. Hand in
the pocket = good rule!

You know, I went from reel to reel to cassette without dealing with 8
tracks, I had friends that screwed with them constantly. I couldn't take
the wow and flutter they had.


BDK

BDK October 5th 04 03:09 AM

In article ,
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

Tony Meloche October 5th 04 03:15 AM



"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

RHF October 5th 04 05:49 AM

= = = 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


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
..

BDK October 5th 04 02:38 PM

In article ,
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

[email protected] October 6th 04 01:15 AM

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.


dxAce October 6th 04 01:26 AM



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 October 6th 04 01:55 AM



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



beaver October 6th 04 03:54 AM

dxAce wrote:

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.

clifto October 6th 04 05:40 AM

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.

Terry October 6th 04 12:37 PM

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.


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

John Kirchman October 6th 04 09:31 PM

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


clifto October 6th 04 10:48 PM

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.

[email protected] October 7th 04 02:06 AM

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.



John Kirchman October 7th 04 03:27 AM

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.





Greg October 8th 04 01:10 AM



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


Kachina 78 October 21st 04 07:47 AM

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

Sir Cumference October 21st 04 06:12 PM

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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