[AMRadio] Restorations

[W5AMI]

Bob,

Thanks, and I do put a lot of thought into those that take time to restore
these old rigs.  A lot of you might remember when I operated my BC-610 that
took a lot to get going once again.  I still have it, and it has become a
fixture in our house.  I won't get into it here, but there is so much
satisfaction in bringing an old rig; 50, 60 or 70 years old back to life.
 When I die, maybe someone will have my SX-28A 70 years later and still
enjoy it.

73
Brian


On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:52 PM, rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm watching the current thread on Subject: Restore Info.
>
> I've just gone through a whole large batch of messages that go way back,
> up to the last that I have managed to keep and/or recover after hard
> drive fatalities.  (The latter has been resolved with TB external backup
> drives.)
>
> When going down this path, how often do we pay attention to how much we
> put into restoring a piece of equipment from the '40s or '50s?
>
> Look at Brian's posting in regard to his SX-28.
>
> I looked at one that I own.  It's a BC-610.  The cost of replacement
> tubes cost more than I paid for the radio.
> Imagine the groans of despair when a 2A3 and a 5Z3 inadvertently got
> reversed in the haste to bring it all back together.  The 2A3 went poof
> faster than the blink of an eye.
>
> This makes us all slow down and think harder, as every day passes by.
>
> I sure take a lot more time, and try to balance what
>
> I take on the doing of these things.  I won't even try and put numbers
> to a St. Js R-390A survivor restoration.  I can only say that it has
> been long and painful.
>
> Best to all that follow this passion
>
> Bob - N0DGN
>