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In Reply to: RE: the best advice I have for someone into the hobby posted by bullethead on August 16, 2014 at 16:43:33
I don't think any one company (almost by definition) can excel at everything... but I guess I sort of agree... at least, in the sense that Ill readily confess to having a certain... nonlinearity... when it comes to most components made in the 1970s by a certain "Nippon Gakki" company :-)
all the best,
mrh
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I would rather have a few quality pieces than a bunch of direct.
My first communications receiver....
Used to listen to the L.A. police dispatch on it and propaganda from Radio Moscow, Radio Havana and AFRTS and VoA!
And used it for 80m CW after I got my ham license.
What a nostalgic set-up you have...
Rick
Kindly provided to the collection by Gary Kaufman.
It's an AC-DC, series string, transformerless, "killer" chassis -- and an K radio.
I have several communications receivers, but no really nice ones :-(
Fortunately, there's not much left to listen to on 'em, so I guess, on balance, it's OK.
There are two on the shelves above; the National NC-121 is visible near the top on the left; there's a Lafayette (made, I think, by Kenwood/Trio)KT-340 near the bottom right, but it's turned sideways (and it has a bad hum; needs new P/S filters)... there are a couple of others kicking around, but no really nice ones :-(
all the best,
mrh
"It's an AC-DC, series string, transformerless, "killer" chassis -- and an K radio."
In those days every radio we had in the house (and this was pre-TV) were "AC/DC All-American fives". How did it go a 50C5,35W4, 12??? Can't remember the three 12 V ones in my dotage but since the first two were the rectifier and audio output amp the rest had to be the mixer, IF and detector.
I actually don't recall the S-120 not having a power transformer and I did operate on mine to add a phono jack to it so I could use a heathkit "Q-multiplier". But you are far more current on the critters. I mail-ordered mine from Monkey Wards and actually ordered an S-38 but they had been replaced by the S-120 during the process. Later I talked a friend into selling me his SX-99 and that was a lot nicer since the bandspread had the ham bands on it.
And now I have a synthesized icom and compared to those early sets (unless you had Collins) is infinitly better. No drift, calibrated, noise blanker.... Electronic things really have improved over the years including home audio. Oddly enough things with performance quirks and problems sometimes seem a little more human than stuff that's more solid. Perhaps there is a lesson there...
Rick
and analog tuning section -- it's a nice radio, and the price was right (found it at the dump).
Not a "real" Grundig, of course... but it's still nice for DXing on a cold winter night -- no BFO, unfortunately... but good AM (BCB) performance.
Photo's generic (and the 'deluxe' version) -- but... you get the picture :-)
all the best,
mrh
I'll take an old beater vintage general coverage receiver and a good outdoor antenna any day, compared to a modern rig and a crappy antenna HOA restricted antenna!
Unfortunately, I'm stuck with a crappy antenna due to our HOA and a modern Icom rig. ;-)
My first HAM Radio receiver was a borrowed Hallicrafters SX-71. I also found a deal on the S-38 but the SX-71 was better. They both drifted and jumped frequency with the slightest bump to the radio bench.
"a crappy antenna HOA restricted antenna!"
What sort of sorry patriot are you? Proudly fly old glory from the tallest flagpole in your neighborhood. The attractive bottom plinth containing the motorized tuner enhances it's dignity and the radials don't show...
I used to know several guys that lived in a no antenna development and they were diligent in their dutiful displays which were of course allowed.
Rick
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