[AMRadio] Looking for an old radio...

[Adrian Flynn]

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On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Dave Mayfield W9WRL <wrl at gwltd.com> wrote:

> Brett, I have several Hallicrafters receivers I don't know what to do
> with, most are dupes to my collection. I'm not sure what all I have as
> they are at my office and I'm not. I will be there from 10am to 6pm CDT
> Monday if you want to call me. I think that for the most part they all
> work to some level
>
> My work number is 309-762-6010
>
> Dave W9WRL
> Brett Gazdzinski 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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