"John Smith" wrote in message
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Oh my gawd yes, state-of-the-art!!!

... 60 years ago or so...



Do you have some kind of problem with anything of any quality or character?

Yes, the new stuff is small, light, etc.. and has lots of modes and such..
but it's almost uniformly garbage. And paying more money doesn't guarantee
anything.. look at the Satellit 800.

Back in the day, the cheap 'crap' of the day was so much better quality and
built to last many times longer than the best there is today.

"Progress" isn't always good.

Oh.

I thought it clear from my previous post, I have had one in
functioning order before, lots of hallicrafter rigs too...

An uncle living in the midwest had a few army surplus stores, years
ago. He had buildings full of that stuff--I used to go though it and
could have for the asking...

But he
http://www.monteriallc.com/spectrum/receivers.htm
you will find radio technology to blow it away...

John

"Mark S. Holden" wrote in message
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John Smith wrote:

Oh my gawd yes, state-of-the-art!!!

... 60 years ago or so...

John


You should try one some time.

One of the most respected radios ever built.

Ones in good unrestored condition cost considerably less.

Yeah,you said a mouthfull there,Brenda Ann.I would like to own that
radio,there are a lot of other things I would like to own too.I am
saving up for a Sony Location Free TV Base Station.(the device,not the
gal,I can get one of them the next street over for free) Check em out at
www.smarthome.com
cuhulin

I own a nice working Hallicrafters S-38 EB radio.It is sitting on top of
my big old antique trunk in my dining room.I bought it for $4.00 at a
Goodwill store about seven years ago.It isn't for sale for love or
money.Yeah,I own a bunch of real good old radios (two of them are floor
model radios) I bought real cheap over the years.
cuhulin

John Smith wrote:
Oh my gawd yes, state-of-the-art!!!

... 60 years ago or so...


That radio will hear things that no modern radio can - noise floor is
incredible.

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

"Brian Denley" wrote in message
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John Smith wrote:
Oh my gawd yes, state-of-the-art!!!

... 60 years ago or so...


That radio will hear things that no modern radio can - noise floor is
incredible.

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html



True. And the ears that receiver has may only be possible with tubes? At
this point in history that is.


--
73 and good DX. B.H.
Brian's Radio Universe
http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/500.htm

cuhulin, what bakery did you work from. My father and uncles worked at
the Sanitary Baking Co. in Clarksburg, Wv back from the 50s till about
1966.

Koestler's Sunbeam Bakery that used to be in Vicksburg,Mississippi.There
was trucks that brought the bread and cake products to the relay store
on JR Lynch Street in Jackson early,early in the morning.I drove a
Sunbeam bread delivery truck on my bread route in the Jackson metro area
from 1966 to 1971.The cake products were made at Wolf's bakery in
Hattiesburg,Mississippi.The old Sunbeam bakery in Vicksburg closd down
years ago.I don't know if Wolf's is still in operation nowdays or not.An
old saying goes,Don't say Bread,say Sunbeam.
cuhulin

beerbarrel wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5790213538

very pricey though!

Yeah, the reserve and buy it now are the same ($3500). Cabinet is an extra $600.

Very nice though.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:02:24 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



David wrote:

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:31:17 -0400, beerbarrel
wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5790213538


very pricey though!

No ''Bristo'' wrench?

Bristol?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

That's what Xcelite calls them (part Number 99-66). My Army repair
manual repeatedly refers to them as ''Bristo'' however.