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To: Texas Fossil

It is fun to combine both with software defined DSP radios.

But nothing replaces the magic of the golden age of radio.


13 posted on 11/18/2011 6:02:15 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

“the golden age of radio”

I still love my Collins Twins. Incredible equipment, even if the have “valves”. hee hee hee

Seriously, there is something special about the presence of audio from a tube type amplifier. And when it comes to RF front-ends, it was a very long time before anyone took solid-state front ends serious. They simply did not handle overloads well. Hybrid rigs were the norm for a long time.

A also love my old Atlas 210. The simplest radio, but an incredible crystal filter. Still have one that works. (have had my fingers in it with mods too).


15 posted on 11/18/2011 6:16:24 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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