[AMRadio] Looking for an old radio...

[Hiroki Kato]

I would recommend a Hallicrafters S38 (any of A, B or C models). I would not pay any more than $50. Check eBay. There are a few listed now.
Hiroki AH6CY

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On Nov 5, 2011, at 8:02 AM, "Brett Gazdzinski" <Brett.Gazdzinski at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hello all,
> I am looking for a gift for my nephew, who is 16 and into old things.
> He likes working on old appliances, old motors, old electrical stuff, the 
> older the better.
> 
> He found an old table top radio, tube type, AM and FM, FM has two bands, the 
> regular one and one around 40 mhz...
> I got it working and he loves it, it took a bunch of caps and some tubes, 
> and an alignment, and a LOT of cleaning up..
> 
> Anyway, I thought I would look for some old tube type short wave receiver 
> for a reasonable price, he might enjoy tuning ham and short wave.
> I am looking for something that works, or almost works, something really 
> old, something that looks old, a magic eye tube would be very cool.
> Now this is a gift, so I do not want a rust bucket nasty looking thing.
> I hope to spark some interest in radio with the gift.
> 
> I used to have some old stuff but moved it along many years ago, but figure 
> many hams have stuff around they never got to fixing, or do not use because 
> its not great by todays standards.
> I once found a few low end tube receivers at a local concrete place that 
> were owned by the owners brother who passed away, and got them cheap as I 
> told the guy I was going to clean them up and give them away, which is what 
> I did.
> 
> You guys might think about doing the ame thing with some older stuff you do 
> not use, give it to some youngster to spark some interest in radio maybe....
> 
> Anyway, let me know if you have anything that would work as a gift at nephew 
> christmas type prices, plus I have a good junk box and can part trade for 
> something also, besides cash.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brett
> N2DTS 
> 
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