Dear Jackie,

On April 6, 1962 I bought a Lafayette HE-10 ($79.95) and its associated
speaker HE-11 ($7.95) along with a pair of Lafayette headphones
($1.49).

Being dissastisfied with those headphones, on July 27, 1962 I bought a
pair of Clevite Brush BA-200 headphones ($14.79) and headphone cushions
($0.73).

For over thirty-eight years, until I bought my Grundig Satellit 800 in
June of 2000, this was my primary shortwave receiver.

Except for a few tube replacements and a couple of full alignments
(just to make sure!) over the years, it has always operated as it did
when I first removed it from its box.

Now owning the aforementioned Grundig and an AOR AR7030 Plus
(factory-customized), I do not use the Lafayette much anymore. I ALWAYS
use it on April 6, its "birthday," (It'll be 44 this year.) but, aside
from reliability and its operation, which I LOVE - there's nothing like
heavy flywheel-weighted tuning knobs (TWO of them in fact), its overall
performance cannot compare to a modern receiver.

But I'll never sell it! It's really nice to "fire it up" and relive my
youth every once in a while.

Over the years I tried to replace it, most notably with a Radio Shack
DX-400 which I purchased in May 1984. But that set was not in the same
"ballpark" as the Lafayette, digital tuning and triple conversion
notwithstanding. Until I bought the Satellit 800 and then later the
AR7030, I had not found any radio which satisfied me the way that old
Lafayette did.

My first portable shortwave radio was a Hitachi KH-1108S which I
purchased on June 26, 1969. The only "servicing" this radio has had
over the years is battery replacement (4 alkaline D cells last about
three years!) and a thorough exterior cleaning which I did a couple of
years ago - it now looks like "new" (except for the leather case which
has hardened and cracked in places). I still use this radio, for local
MW boadcasts - rarely for SW or FM, daily.

Best,

Joe

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:44:43 UTC, "Joe Analssandrini"
wrote:

Dear Jackie,

On April 6, 1962 I bought a Lafayette HE-10 ($79.95) and its associated
speaker HE-11 ($7.95) along with a pair of Lafayette headphones
($1.49).

Being dissastisfied with those headphones, on July 27, 1962 I bought a
pair of Clevite Brush BA-200 headphones ($14.79) and headphone cushions
($0.73).

For over thirty-eight years, until I bought my Grundig Satellit 800 in
June of 2000, this was my primary shortwave receiver.

Except for a few tube replacements and a couple of full alignments
(just to make sure!) over the years, it has always operated as it did
when I first removed it from its box.

Now owning the aforementioned Grundig and an AOR AR7030 Plus
(factory-customized), I do not use the Lafayette much anymore. I ALWAYS
use it on April 6, its "birthday," (It'll be 44 this year.) but, aside
from reliability and its operation, which I LOVE - there's nothing like
heavy flywheel-weighted tuning knobs (TWO of them in fact), its overall
performance cannot compare to a modern receiver.

But I'll never sell it! It's really nice to "fire it up" and relive my
youth every once in a while.

Over the years I tried to replace it, most notably with a Radio Shack
DX-400 which I purchased in May 1984. But that set was not in the same
"ballpark" as the Lafayette, digital tuning and triple conversion
notwithstanding. Until I bought the Satellit 800 and then later the
AR7030, I had not found any radio which satisfied me the way that old
Lafayette did.

My first portable shortwave radio was a Hitachi KH-1108S which I
purchased on June 26, 1969. The only "servicing" this radio has had
over the years is battery replacement (4 alkaline D cells last about
three years!) and a thorough exterior cleaning which I did a couple of
years ago - it now looks like "new" (except for the leather case which
has hardened and cracked in places). I still use this radio, for local
MW boadcasts - rarely for SW or FM, daily.

Best,

Joe
I have been looking for an HE-10 for years! It is almost like my
S-38, but it is much better. Would you consider selling it/or trade
selling it for something? I have an excellent RF-2200.
Bob Grimes

--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

the radio i had in my miss-spent youth was a beautiful 1947 firestone
console. it had 6v6 push-pull output, a great sounding 12 inch speaker
and a built in rotatable loop antenna. it was still working great in
the early 1980's until i met my wife. spending lots of time with her
(you know, i had a new toy!) i neglected my listening for two months.
that was just enough time for a family of mice to move in and destroy
everything! i didnt know and the first chance i had to use the old girl
was the last! the fire left no chance of a re-build. we held a solemn
funeral later as my friends carried her still beautiful carcass out and
laid her to rest. (it still chokes me up just thinking about it!) you
never get over your first! oh well......i still have the wife, it was a
good trade........i guess........

My original ARC-5 BC-454, purchased in 1959 on Radio Row in NYC, is still
working happily. It's on its third power supply, though. 8

-- Larry

m II wrote:
Jim wrote:
i still have the wife, it was a
good trade........i guess........

Maybe not. Radios get mice, but I hear wives get bats.

I thought it was owls.

Wait, maybe I'm thinking of hooters.

--
All relevant people are pertinent.
All rude people are impertinent.
Therefore, no rude people are relevant.
-- Solomon W. Golomb

I own an Grundig sat 210 amateur( it was buitl between 1969 and 1973) ,
I bought it about 25 years ago. And it has 2 failures: 1 defect on
first Rf stage : this is fixed. 2 ddefect switch for external
antenna.By pushing the button down and locking it with a pin it works.

Alll by all, in combination with my remote controlled remote mediumwave
loop it is perfect : extrem sensible and a perfect audio.

Greetings Han


you can also visit my website with recordings below 30 MHz.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/hanhardonk/indexengels.html

Bill Mutch wrote:
Buzzygirl wrote:

Just curious to hear about shortwave receivers that people have owned
that
are their longest-operating receivers. How long did they last, and are
you
still using them? Did they require major overhaul at any point during
their
long lives?

Jackie


My NC-125 was built in the late fifties. I bought it used in the mid
seventies, so I've had it for more than thirty years. I partially
recapped it, re-tubed and re-alined it last year. It still works rather
nicely, thanks.

Oh, I forgot...I have a BC348Q built in 1943...also re-tubed and
re-alined last year. I know nothing of this radios history during WWII
and know only a couple of its post war civilian owners. This radio was
built to survive near misses from 37 mm cannon fire...perhaps it has.
It still works well today.

Hallicrafters S-38EB radio and a Grundig AM/FM/Shortwave/Phonograph
wooden cabinet floor model radio (I say it was built by Telefunken
because everything in the two little owners/operators pamphlets that
came with the radio refer only to Telefunken as far as brand name
goes,but on the front grill is a warped [warped from age,I guess] pot
metal thingy that says Grundig and the only date I can find in only one
of the two owners/operators pamphlets/booklets says 1957) and a Grundig
Opus 7 AM/FM/Shortwave wooden cabinet radio.

I dont know which of those three radios is the oldest.I still need to
locate a power cord for my Grundig Opus 7 radio so I can try it out and
see if it works,when I bought the radio at a Goodwill store,the power
cord was missing.The other two radios (which I also bought at a Goodwill
store do still work,but I dont doubt they need some recapping or
whatever and a good tune up so they will work as good as new and I dont
know how to work on radios.
cuhulin

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:36:25 -0600, "Buzzygirl"
wrote:

Just curious to hear about shortwave receivers that people have owned that
are their longest-operating receivers. How long did they last, and are you
still using them? Did they require major overhaul at any point during their
long lives?

Jackie



Why - my Satellit 800 of course!!


Ah - OK April fools....

On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 02:53:20 GMT, D Peter Maus
wrote:

toTaLhAt wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:36:25 -0600, "Buzzygirl"
wrote:

Just curious to hear about shortwave receivers that people have owned that
are their longest-operating receivers. How long did they last, and are you
still using them? Did they require major overhaul at any point during their
long lives?

Jackie



I'm still using my grandfather's Hammarlund Super-Pro. (BC-794) At
least 50 years old.

It's been retubed over the years. Aligned every 5, and will be
recapped this spring.


My R8B has been on continuously since I bought it over 7 years ago.