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Posted on 01/11/2013 3:10:42 PM PST by virgil283
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To: BreezyDog
Oddly enough I was listening to the scanner feed on my iPhone on the way home from work tonight.
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posted on
01/11/2013 3:54:04 PM PST
by
BreezyDog
(Illegitimi non carborundum)
To: virgil283
I had a 61 Olds which had a big AM radio. It didn’t work when I bought the car used around 1970. I bought it from one of the football players at Troy. I was a student at the time and took it to the local electronics repair place and he fixed it for just a few dollars.
I have no idea why but it was the best sounding radio I have ever owned. I still remember driving in the North Carolina mountains with a strikingly pretty girl and the clear beautiful voice of a lady, I think named Collins, singing “Amazing Grace”.
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posted on
01/11/2013 3:54:30 PM PST
by
yarddog
(One shot one miss.)
To: virgil283
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posted on
01/11/2013 3:56:17 PM PST
by
Bikkuri
(Hope for Conservative push in the next 2-4 years..........)
To: virgil283
I bought a Zenith Transoceanic 600 (I think) at an antique shop some yrs. ago. Paid $35 for it.
Best I can tell it dates back to late 40s.
I didn’t know Transoceanic’s were produced back that far and farther..
Plugged it in one time and it worked. But I’m afraid to try iti now as tubes, esp. one of them are next to impossible to find.
So it sits above my desk on a self.
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posted on
01/11/2013 3:58:26 PM PST
by
Vinnie
(A)
To: struggle
Sold my Collins KWM-2A last month. Mint condition with manuals and in the original factory boxes. Buyer is having it powered up and tested by an expert and it should be ready by tomorrow. I hope I hear from him.
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:01:17 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: virgil283
Bought mine in 78 with my highschool graduation money. Still have it too.
I was listening to the BBC the night Saddam invaded Kuwait in 91 using it,
Thanks for posting.
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:01:35 PM PST
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: esopman
'While this hobby is viewed by some as eccentric old guy behaviour'.......I agree and hope others will keep it alive...Right now I'm listing to a 12MHZ numbers station that alternates different tones with a female voice calling "ocho, dos, quatro, ocho".....
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:01:37 PM PST
by
virgil283
( *- Never give the devil a ride. He will always want to drive.-*)
To: Vinnie
My older Brother who was an electrical engineer, had a Zenith Transoceanic. I don’t remember the model but it only had a few tubes and also had an antenna which could be placed on a bus window with I guess suction cups.
I remember him playing it for me and being amazed that a radio with only something like 5 or 6 tubes could pick up so well.
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:04:16 PM PST
by
yarddog
(One shot one miss.)
To: virgil283
It’s been years since I did any DX’ing. I still have my Kenwood receiver but the aerial isn’t hooked up. Since the ‘net, I haven’t paid much attention. Are the pirates and other entertainments still out there? I remember ‘number’ stations being run by foreign powers for espionage and even Radio Moscow. Anybody still airing Kurt Saxon radio shows? That guy was truly out there back then - pretty tame by today’s standards. Maybe I should go hook up a dipole . . .
To: virgil283
My favorite-the Panasonic RF-2200
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:06:33 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: Vinnie
'Zenith Transoceanic 600 '....You want your $35 back...no.. well you got a great deal and a nice set....'V'
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:08:08 PM PST
by
virgil283
( *- Never give the devil a ride. He will always want to drive.-*)
To: PowderMonkey
>>> I purchased a Grundig S350DL <<<
I have a Grundig 450. It has a patch in connector so I can listen to streaming internet radio through it via my Droid or Kindle. There a lots of great internet radio stations plus most radio stations stream on line too..
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:08:37 PM PST
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: Vinnie
'Zenith Transoceanic 600 '....You want your $35 back...no.. well you got a great deal and a nice set....'V'
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:08:54 PM PST
by
virgil283
( *- Never give the devil a ride. He will always want to drive.-*)
To: mylife
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:09:54 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: yarddog
Here's a rare variant of the Trans-Oceanic, the R-520/URR, built for the military:
and even rarer, the R-520A/URR
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:12:51 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: Fresh Wind
I have a Panasonic which looks almost just like that one except it has digital dials. It came with a long, maybe 40 feet long plug-in antenna. I have misplaced the antenna but still have it somewhere.
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:18:39 PM PST
by
yarddog
(One shot one miss.)
To: WorkingClassFilth
"Maybe I should go hook up a dipole A Kenwood would pick up most of the world broadcasters right now with 6 foot of zip wire hung from a curtain rod. What's available is mostly Spanish and Chinese broadcasters, some in english. The are numbers stations and on holiday weekends pirate broadcasts. My favorites are from Cuba : their crazy takes on the news and very good Cuban Jazz. Get busy on that diapole......'V'
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:21:12 PM PST
by
virgil283
( *- Never give the devil a ride. He will always want to drive.-*)
To: BreezyDog
That Grundig looks very cool! I bought a Sangean CC Radio plus, which has served me very well for the past 10 years or so.
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:24:01 PM PST
by
Bshaw
(A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
To: virgil283
For those interested the URL for the Amateur Radio Relay League is ARRL.org. Something in it for everyone. Especially need more folks for Amateur Radio Emergency Service AND Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service. We do the last mile to the front door. Age and attrition are taking a toll in em com operators. Plenty of free training. Look around for any Incident Command courses given in your area. Can do ICS-100 and ICS-200 in line at FEMA.gov. Check with your local county Emergency peratins Center for the local “Ham radio” support group. ARES and/or RACES are supported by county emergency management. Our page is AA3E.org
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:27:46 PM PST
by
halfright
(FAST & FURIOUS! DON'T ALLOW THEM TO DIVERT YOUR ATTENTION.)
To: struggle
I have a Kenwood TS 820 setup. Radio, ant tuner, ext VFO and speaker. Mail me if you are interrested.
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posted on
01/11/2013 4:43:50 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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