Sixteen years after my first trip there my schedule has finally worked out for me to take my second trip to the Shelby Hamfest this year. I'll be driving up...
Gary Carter
gcarter01@...
Sep 1, 2004 10:36 am
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... Pete - Shelby, North Carolina, a little west of Charlotte. The annual hamfest there is always on Labor Day weekend, and is, IMHO, the best one in the ...
Well, darn. I was hoping it was one I could go to. Pete On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 08:21:23 -0400 "Dale H. Cook" <radiotest@...>...
wy7z@...
Sep 1, 2004 1:37 pm
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Hi Pete, You can go if you want to. 73, John, K2TQN...
John Dilks K2TQN
oldradio@...
Sep 1, 2004 4:14 pm
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... I won't make it this year. One of my customers took a massive lightning hit at their transmitter site last Saturday. I've spent so much time this week ...
I have added some scans of an original Clough-Brengle model UC VTVM to the C-B web page. http://CloughBrengle.homestead.com Many thanks to Bob Lindsay for...
http://cc_awa.homestead.com/CarolinaRadio.html I have added some info and photos of a Carolina radio built by Hy-Grade Wireless of Asheville NC. The photos and...
Can the glass grid leaks with the brass caps and heavy leads out the ends be taken apart and a modern resistor put inside? Or does anyone have a good 2 - 4 meg...
Gerald K4NHN
gcromer@...
Sep 8, 2004 9:50 pm
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Sure! Especially if you use a small (quarter-watt) size and paint it black, it's hardly noticeable. Lud...
Ludwell Sibley
tubelore@...
Sep 8, 2004 9:56 pm
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Thanks Lud, I knew that someone would know the answer. I'm not a battery set person. Never liked a radio the needed a separate power source. Love the AC sets...
Gerald K4NHN
gcromer@...
Sep 9, 2004 12:24 am
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I've made some updates to the Carolina Radio web page. http://cc_awa.homestead.com/CarolinaRadio.html To help those still using dialup, I've made the front...
I got a box of old tubes at a local hamfest. Down in the bottom of the box there was a box that was labled Radio Audion Company 50 Oakland Aveenue Jersy City...
Hmmm . . . sure sounds like the RAC-3 Audion, introduced late in 1920. Made by a company run by a slippery guy named Elman Myers, who had the usual...
Ludwell Sibley
tubelore@...
Sep 12, 2004 6:15 am
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Thank you Lud for the info on the tube. There is a 3rd label on the box that has RAC-3 Audion Tube ,second item listed RAC Radio Frequency Transformer and last...
No, the filament is nonstandard: 4.0 V @ 0.8 A. The sales brochure suggests 2 to 22 V on the plate but gives no further tech characteristics. Price was...
Ludwell Sibley
tubelore@...
Sep 12, 2004 6:57 pm
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CC-AWA Saturday morning swap meets. October 23rd, 2004 Fall Swap Meet, Greensboro NC December 18th, 2004 CC-AWA Christmas Party January 29, 2005 Winter Swap...
This radio is nearing assembly and I still am unsure about grill cloth. There is no indication (glue, cloth remnants) that my radio ever had a grill cloth....
wy7z@...
Sep 15, 2004 4:15 pm
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This should be a good choice for your set.... NOT red! http://www.grillecloth.com/pages/palette1.html Swatch #13 Robert...
Hi Robert: I agree - red is not the way to go, which is why I asked the ebay seller about it. If I find that a grill cloth was used originally, your #13 will ...
wy7z@...
Sep 16, 2004 12:58 pm
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WTB: Millen # 37001 High voltage safety terminals. Need several pairs in red. Thanks 73 K4LJH Charlie - Hamilton, Va....
Charles T Preston
k4ljh@...
Sep 21, 2004 8:41 pm
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I think you can get them here still , let them know what you want, THERE KIND OF SLOW SO GIVE THEM A LITTLE TIME. ( corporate@... ) Jim Wight...
I would like a scan of any brochures for the Sonora Model C..... Also can anyone confirm if this is the same chassis as the Splitdorf R 100 or R 200 shown in...
Hi Robert, I can't help with brochures or the like but am 99% sure that the Model "C" is the same as the Splitdorf Model "100." The cabinets, layout, etc....
Greeting gents. A friend of mine is restoring an Oldsmobile from '49. The radio is a model 382699, eight valve job. I have been given the task of making it...
Hmmm . . . You may have a mutilated number stamping. Checking the Rider's and Sams indexes from that era, there are a lot of Olds models listed with 98xxxx...
Ludwell Sibley
tubelore@...
Sep 25, 2004 3:32 am
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G'day Kevin, I may be way off base on this one, but could the serial number be 982699 rather than 382699? As you probably know, Delco produced many of the...
Thanks guys for you quick response. Indeed the number is somewhat scratched but upon closer inspection it is / could be 982699. The tube line-up also...
Hi Gents, I did a search through Nostalgia's site manually and the info is there. I have downloaded the circuit and will now attempt to get the monster...
Hi gents, a first poke around the Oldsmobile car radio has shown a couple of obvious problems.... 1. Open circuit speaker coil 2. Vibrator cartridge coil open...
