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The TV that Followed Me Home
A 1951 Model H3267R Zenith TV / Radio / Phonograph console is saved from the dumpster. Photos included! Continue reading
Posted in Occasional Commentary, Radio: Amateur & Broadcast
Tagged 1951, Cobra-Matic, Cobramatic, H3267R, phonograph, porthole, radio, TV, Zenith
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Workshop Comfort
Construction of pine walls with electric outlets and shelving for the radio workshop. Continue reading
Posted in Occasional Commentary, Radio: Amateur & Broadcast
Tagged build, ledger, radio, repair, shelving, shiplap, shop, vintage, wiring, workbench
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The 2016 ECARC Swap Meet or What can $10 get you?
The 2016 Eastern Connecticut Amateur Radio Club Flea Market is now history. It took place last Saturday, March 19. I wait all year for this one (see an earlier post about the 2013 event). It’s nearby (I made the drive … Continue reading
Posted in Radio: Amateur & Broadcast
Tagged "flea market", "swap meet", capacitors, crystals, CT, ECARC, hamfest, TRF, tubes
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The 2016 New England Antique Radio Club Swap Meet
If you have visited this blog in the past you are well aware that I am a dedicated radio collector. A better description might be radio accumulator. A collector is very discriminating. He or she specializes in certain styles or … Continue reading
A Portable AM/FM/SW/SSB That Fulfills a Need
My need? I enjoy having a personal radio along whenever I go on vacation. Not just any radio..it has to receive AM/FM/SW and if possible SSB. A radio just makes me feel connected to the world regardless of what … Continue reading
Which has priority: Ham Radio or Fire Pit Construction? (or OCFD, Obsessive Compulsive Firepit Disorder)
Ever since the year I gave my wife a Kodak electronic picture frame for Christmas I always make sure to ask her what she wants. That includes birthdays. This year was no different. My wife turned ____ in July (I’ve … Continue reading
There’s a Grocery Store in my Garage
How much room does anyone have to store groceries, dishes, pans, etc. in the kitchen? For us it always seems that everything is squished into lots of small cupboards. You have to be real careful when you reach for the … Continue reading
Repairing the Sony ICF-2010
I have several portable shortwave receivers, modern and antique. My favorite modern shortwave is the Sony ICF-2010. I purchased it back in 1989. It was a bit expensive (about $350 as I remember) but I had just received a stipend for … Continue reading
Posted in Occasional Commentary, Radio: Amateur & Broadcast
Tagged 2010, audio, bad, c161, capacitor, DIY, how, ICF-2010, repair, shortwave, Sony, to
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Flea Market Finds at the Vintage Radio & Communications Museum of Connecticut
Bing Crosby demonstrating the 1946 Philco model 46-1201 radio / record player. Today this item is often referred to as the Bing Crosby radio. I have an addiction to old radios, especially anything that was manufactured in the 1923-1950 period. … Continue reading →