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It would look better if they trimmed off the flashing down the middle after they split the mold...By all means, this! Type 57SC Atlantic No. 57591
A cool 40 mil.
It would look better if they trimmed off the flashing down the middle after they split the mold...By all means, this! Type 57SC Atlantic No. 57591
A cool 40 mil.
The only SX-450 I ever had (dump find*) was afflicted with one dead channel.I'm pretty sure that's the same as the one my dad had when I was a kid; I reckon I used it more than he did.
It's probably still in a box somewhere.
The only SX-450 I ever had (dump find*) was afflicted with one dead channel.
It's to keep it strait in the straightaways!It would look better if they trimmed off the flashing down the middle after they split the mold...
Sweet, I thought I recognized it as a Hallicrafters but many of the Short wave radios were very similar looking.Hallicrafters S-120 general coverage radio.
Had a few Hallicrafters. Had a couple Collins SW receivers from the military too. Those were the best.Nothing hifi, nor terribly interesting actually. It is an entry level, AC-DC (i.e., transformerless, series-string "killer" chassis) Hallicrafters S-120 general coverage radio. It was given to me by one of the regional vacuum tube hifi gurus, and, not coincidentally, it holds a fair amount of sentimental value.
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source: https://www.alliedcatalogs.com/flipbook/1965_allied_radio_catalog.html pg. 331
I have a small but also pretty motley collection of general coverage "communications receivers".
The body is a magnesium alloy, very flammable to any welding, the flange is for riveting the body together.It would look better if they trimmed off the flashing down the middle after they split the mold...
Collins, the Cadillac of ham receivers back in the day.Had a couple Collins SW receivers
Collins, the Cadillac of ham receivers back in the day.
That is gorgeous.Sweet, I thought I recognized it as a Hallicrafters but many of the Short wave radios were very similar looking.
I had a number of them way back when.
The only thing like that I have now is my Zenith "Racetrack" radio.
It tunes 5.5 > 18.5 megs, and of course AM, still works pretty well.
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How I remember drooling over Collins gear back in the 1960-70s but never could affordOne or two of theirs at the local radio museum. From what I remember their internals are very tidy too.
That Transoceanic is AWESOME. Not at all a radio guy, my dad for some reason used to talk - dream ofNo "nice" Zeniths here, although I do have a nice Transoceanic given to me by a friend from our old town in Massachusetts.
OH MY, the Countach. Another unfulfilled dream of a young man.Lamborghini Countach
Do you have a HAM Radio License @Sal1950? I regret not writing the HAM Radio license examination right after I studied for months in class The Principles of Electrical Circuits. I was told by my instructor of that study that I would be 100% ready to write the HAM Radio License exam and with my very good grades I would not need to study anything to write the exam. To have the HAM Radio License on my resume would be a very nice addition. Even though I am retired now..LoL... I do have a Motorola Radio and Trunking System Certification but that's not a HAM Radio License nor is it as difficult to acquire.How I remember drooling over Collins gear back in the 1960-70s but never could afford
anything with that nameplate.. It was built to such a high standard of craftsmanship.
That Transoceanic is AWESOME. Not at all a radio guy, my dad for some reason used to talk - dream of
owning one. Their value was just never in the wheelhouse of a poor family like ours.
OH MY, the Countach. Another unfulfilled dream of a young man.
I had a buddy that was selling cars for some high end dealer on the far west side of Chicago.
He promised me a ride in one so I went there like 3 times and he always had some excuse why
he couldn't take one out. BS bar stool talk it turned out.
Oh I did back in the early 1960s.Do you have a HAM Radio License @Sal1950?
Yeah, women/girls at that age are a distraction...LoL... I dated from age 11'ish onwards with the next door neighbor's daughter for ~4 years. I won't get into it but my taste was horrible and she was a mental misfit de jour. Very psychologically messed up person for any age category (Suicidal tendencies and the whole shabang etc.). My mother was 100% right about that one. Sigh* Sorry Mom! I did choose the wrong one... RFLMA! But you know it seems to me other than the freedom and global range of a upper level HAM Radio License the communications freedom of the PC and internet does provide similar if not better COMs than a HAM License and radio setup.Oh I did back in the early 1960s.
Went to a class at Allied Radio on Western Ave in Chicago and got my code to 5wpm plus the
knowledge to pass the written exam for the Novice when I was about 13. I had my sights set on
the next level but right around that time I developed a real interest in girls.
So much for that.
For sure. The love of playing with the technology, etc of a Ham setup is the only attraction today.But you know it seems to me other than the freedom and global range of a upper level HAM Radio License the communications freedom of the PC and internet does provide similar if not better COMs than a HAM License and radio setup.
That and one does not have a huge antenna in the backyard advertising for punks...LoL.For sure. The love of playing with the technology, etc of a Ham setup is the only attraction today.
The thought of being able to talk with anyone in the world at any moment has been clobbered by the
internet. Shoot you can dial up most numbers with a cell phone today.
How times have changed.