I know it's always nice to hear about a fix on a problem that's been posted here. Lozier was right.. The power transformer had been replaced with a Stancor...
Gerald K4NHN
gcromer@...
Sep 2, 2003 4:11 am
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A friend has a Kellogg variometer/tuner and would like to know the circuit it was built for..... Douglas' Vol. II pg. 81 shows the unit mounted on a Jones...
Hello Robert, If a circuit for the Jones "Symphony" sets doesn't turn up, I have a fairly nice unrestored three tube version that I could "draw off" a...
Hi, Thanks for the comments on the Jones Symphony circuit... No one has responded yet with a schematic... I'll give it a few more days... At least I know...
Don't know if this would help, but I have all 23 riders volumes on line at: http://hertz.pagesonline.net If it doesnt work, let me know (having problems with...
My old radio museum will be here Saturday and Sunday till noon. Fall-Fest 2003, a two day hamfest, electronics and computer show to be held each year the...
John Dilks - K2TQN
oldradio@...
Sep 5, 2003 10:58 pm
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The Antique Radio Club of Illinois, ARCI website has been updated. http://www.antique-radios.org * Radiofest Flea Market pictures * Equipment Contest Winners...
Chuck I took a look at the new photos of the Elgin meet. Very nice photos. I really enjoyed the contest photos. Many nice radios in that event. The Chicago...
My thanks to all who provided advice. A few new tubes and a few small sprays from the DeOxit have really "transformed" my 2B's performance back to what I...
Lars Edwards
larse@...
Sep 10, 2003 2:44 am
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NJARC Antique Radio Meet + Hamfest Sunday - Trenton Area http://www.w2zq.com/hamfest.html This is a NJARC + DVRA Club event, a big Antique Radio Swap Meet and...
John Dilks - K2TQN
oldradio@...
Sep 12, 2003 8:48 pm
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I was at the local junky flea market this morning and a guy had a pickup truck full of junk he had picked up from a house in Charlotte that is scheduled to be...
RED ROCKET! Cub Reporter Jerry Vanicek, calling from today's Estes Auction Co. sale in Ohio, advises that the LRS Relay (AKA von Lieben tube; see Tyne, pp....
Ludwell Sibley
tubelore@...
Sep 20, 2003 9:12 pm
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Hello, Thanks for the update on the prices Lud. Sort of makes those of us with lesser means really appreciate the good fortune of finds we've made over the...
Hi all, I have just received a Kolster K6 speaker like the one pictured in the photo gallery. It is badly in need of refinishing. The front seems to be made of...
Hi Patrick, I've done several of these and have had excellent results just cleaning and repairing the pressed grill portions, and then using one or more...
Does anyone have an excellent method to repair a "spare" drilled hole in the bakelite face of a 1920's Crosley 51? Also I need the filament and plate settings...
Coverage of this years Military Radio Collectors Association meet is available on the MRCA web site at: http://www.milradio.org This is release 1.0. So if you...
Al Klase
skywaves@...
Sep 24, 2003 2:32 am
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Thanks Dale, I'll post a picture when it's done. Pat ... cleaning and repairing the pressed grill portions, and then using one or more coats of dark Walnut...
... On the Crosley 51 the panel repairs are fairly easy since the finish on this panel is a rough grained surface and not a highly polished one. If you can...
... I assume that's a *Western Electric* 216A ("tennis bulb") that you're trying to test. Settings depend on the tester. My home-developed settings for the...
Ludwell Sibley
tubelore@...
Sep 24, 2003 3:40 am
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... It seems I was mistaken about the CR-8 photos being on my web page. They will be there tomorrow. Sorry for the confusion. Ron...
I have yet to try patching a '20's bakelite panel, but have often thought about it. You might try fashioning a round plug from a discarded panel of same type...
This is the method I have been using for years with amazing success. This works with most panels. First I find another panel of the same composition and color,...
Thank you for the tip's, I will try the ground up Bakelite and epoxy this weekend. I need it to look better than the painted wooden dowel that seems to be ...
DANGER! I heard a seminar on plastics at the MAARC meet in June that Bakelite can (or does) contain asbestos. I would think that grinding it to make a...
... This sounds like the task of proving a negative: in principle there may have been asbestos-filled Bakelite compounds, but in practice, for cheap ordinary...
