[Boatanchors] DO YOU REMEMBER?

[Sandy]

The EICO 753 was also known as the "Seven Drifty Three"!!!  I used to hace 
one for a while I built from a kit.  It was a fairly good general purpose 
transceiver except for the damned drift!  Wasn't as bad as a Swan, however!

73,

Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry WA9VRH" <wa9vrh at dishmail.net>
To: "Eugene Hertz" <eugene at hertzmail.com>; "Boatanchors list" 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] DO YOU REMEMBER?


> Hi Eugene,
>
> Yep that's my Eico 753 and my fat little friend.
>
> The picture is from a Vintage SSB group that meets every Saturday morning 
> in
> the Midwest. They love to see and hear
> unusual vintage SSB gear.
>
> However the Eico 753 and the little fatman I bought! I didn't steal it!
>
> Unlike your : and I quote..
>
> I was in 3rd or 4th grade when I picked up the 3rd edition of Alfred
>>> Morgan's book from my school library (circa 1976-ish)! Yes it was in my
>>> elementary school library! I am proud to say I stole that book and still
>>> have it to this day! (I simply took the book out from the library and 
>>> did
>>> not give the librarian the little card in the back. So they had no 
>>> record
>>> it
>>> was take out)!
>>>
>>> 73 Eugene W2HX
>
> 73 Larry WA9VRH..
>
> Sorry group this idiot would not let it drop!
>
> Lets move on as I will post no more on this subject. No wonder our Nation 
> is
> in such a mess with people like this!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eugene Hertz" <eugene at hertzmail.com>
> To: "Larry WA9VRH" <wa9vrh at dishmail.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 7:16 PM
> Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] DO YOU REMEMBER?
>
>
> No BS here. Gods honest truth!
>
> Nice photo http://www.vintagessb.net/images/wa9vrh_753-2.jpg
>
>
> Eugene
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry WA9VRH [mailto:wa9vrh at dishmail.net]
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 7:52 PM
> To: Eugene Hertz; 'Ron.K3PID'; Bill and Liz McHugh;
> boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] DO YOU REMEMBER?
>
> B.S.
>
> Larry WA9VRH
>
> Lets move on to better boatanchor stories!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "W2HX" <w2hx at w2hx.com>
> To: "'Larry WA9VRH'" <wa9vrh at dishmail.net>; "'Ron.K3PID'"
> <ron.k3pid at sbcglobal.net>; "Bill and Liz McHugh" <magoo at isp.ca>;
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 6:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] DO YOU REMEMBER?
>
>
>> Proud because that book single-handedly set me down the path to my
>> interests
>> in electronics! And proud because most kids at that age were stealing
>> candy
>> or worse things, I was furthering my education!
>>
>> 73 Eugene W2HX
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Larry WA9VRH [mailto:wa9vrh at dishmail.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 6:39 PM
>> To: Eugene Hertz; 'Ron.K3PID'; Bill and Liz McHugh;
>> boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] DO YOU REMEMBER?
>>
>> I am proud to say I stole that book
>>
>> PROUD??
>>
>> Sad!
>>
>> Larry WA9VRH
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "W2HX" <w2hx at w2hx.com>
>> To: "'Ron.K3PID'" <ron.k3pid at sbcglobal.net>; "Bill and Liz McHugh"
>> <magoo at isp.ca>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 5:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] DO YOU REMEMBER?
>>
>>
>>>I was in 3rd or 4th grade when I picked up the 3rd edition of Alfred
>>> Morgan's book from my school library (circa 1976-ish)! Yes it was in my
>>> elementary school library! I am proud to say I stole that book and still
>>> have it to this day! (I simply took the book out from the library and 
>>> did
>>> not give the librarian the little card in the back. So they had no 
>>> record
>>> it
>>> was take out)!
>>>
>>> 73 Eugene W2HX
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ron.K3PID
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 5:30 PM
>>> To: Bill and Liz McHugh; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] DO YOU REMEMBER?
>>>
>>> My folks gave me the "The Boys' First Book of Radio and Electronics" by
>>> Alfred Morgan in 1954. I seem to recall that I built a 1 tube reciever
>>> from
>>> that! It was also on a board with Fahnstock clips. I see that the book 
>>> is
>>> still available as a collectors edition for $235.... whew!
>>>
>>> 73 K3PID
>>>
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>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Bill and Liz McHugh" <magoo at isp.ca>
>>> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 3:47 PM
>>> Subject: [Boatanchors] DO YOU REMEMBER?
>>>
>>>
>>>> In 1952 or 53 my parents gave me a battery-powered radio kit for
>>>> Christmas.  It was constructed on a piece of plywood about 12" x 8",
>>>> had,
>>>> as I recall, three tubes and the case was a cardboard box with 
>>>> punchouts
>>>> for power switch, volume and tuning.  It went together with fahnstock
>>>> clips screwed to the board and it worked!  It ate batteries ferociously
>>>> but the paper route paid for those.
>>>>
>>>> I'd appreciate any information about this kit: who sold it, how much it
>>>> cost, a picture or some clue as to where any information might be 
>>>> found.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Bill VE3NH
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