Ok, I have a bunch of stupid questions. I have an old Unelco short-wave
radio from when I was a kid. My son now wants to play with it... Does anyone
have a manual for one of these old things? Or at least know how to set it up
and use it that can give me some pointers? It doesn't have an antenna any
longer but I'm sure I can use some wire right? If so, how long should it be
and what type of wire? Will any 2 wire pair work? It also has the number 5
coils (9.4 - 17.8 mHz ) in it. I don't have the others but I remember it
working pretty good with them.

Sorry for the stupid questions but any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Jon.

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"Jon Foster" wrote:

Unelco Model 1914 Radio

Looks like a pretty basic radio with two terminals on the back GND and
ANT.

Connect the GND to a ground rod. You can use a cold water pipe for
ground if it is metal going into the earth.

String up a horizontal wire 50 to 200 feet long and continue one end
down vertically to the radio ANT terminal.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

Ok, we hooked up a single insulated 20-25 foot wire to the ANT lead and hung
it above the back sliding door in our kitchen. We didn't hook up any ground
wire though. Turned it on after cleaning the battery contacts and all we get
is static across all the bands. There's a trimmer control on the front of
the radio but I have no idea where to set it (all the way to the left?
middle? right?).

Thanks, Jon.

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In article ,
"Jon Foster" wrote:

Ok, we hooked up a single insulated 20-25 foot wire to the ANT lead and hung
it above the back sliding door in our kitchen. We didn't hook up any ground
wire though. Turned it on after cleaning the battery contacts and all we get
is static across all the bands. There's a trimmer control on the front of
the radio but I have no idea where to set it (all the way to the left?
middle? right?).


Try a longer wire away from the house and connect a wire from the GND
terminal to a ground rod.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

We'll try that tomorrow after he's home from school. Thanks for the help!

Jon.

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Trains? My old buddy is a Railroad nut,he owns some old Railroad thingys
you would drool over.I never heard of any Unelco Radios before,but I
will do a www.devilfinder.com or a www.vivisimo.com or a
www.dogpile.com for them Radios.
cuhulin

There is another Railroad nut guy that lives four miles South (Highway
49 South in Florence,Mississippi) from my old buddy Railroad nut.My old
buddy's Uncle was a Locomotive driver on the old Fernwood,Gulf (I dont
remember the entire name of that old Railroad Logging Company) Railroad
line,wayyy down South in Mississippi many,many years ago.
cuhulin

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:58:44 -0500, "Jon Foster"
wrote:

We'll try that tomorrow after he's home from school. Thanks for the help!

Jon.
Make sure your fire insurance is paid up.

The title of the thread unintentionally leaves the wrong impression.
When I read "Unelco Model 1914 Radio," my first thought was that the
radio was from 1914. Actually, it's the model 1914 Unelco radio. I went
to rec.antiques.radio+phono,where I learned that the radio is a
transistor radio that dates from about 1970.

Like you, my first thought was not to plug the thing in and fire (ha,
ha) it up right away. See:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...rch+this+group

or
http://tinyurl.com/7b28v

The first hit leads right back to RRS, but it is some seven and a half
years old.

Unelco is, in my guess, the Baltimore-based importer of these radios.
In 1970, this radio was surely made in Japan. I have a few such
Japanese multiband radios. They may not be performance champs, but I
find them a lot of fun to listen to. I have a fondness for analog
tuning. I am further certain that the schematic can be found in a Sams
Photofact. The Sams website has a search function. I'll bet the crowd
at rec.antiques.radio+phono could be helpful.

Best wishes.