[Boatanchors] Zenith transoceanic

[Pete Lancashire]

Battery life - one thing many people today don't know is how little
current a lot of early transistor designs were. And that includes
EE's. I'm curious now with what the difference in build where between
the US built 7000 and the Japanese built models. Part of
my background many years ago was as a component engineer at Tektronix
and would interface with QA. Always been interested
in component design,use , manufacturability and quality. Sadly a
profession not needed much in the US now days.

-pete

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 4:58 PM, WQ9E at btsnetworks.net
<WQ9E at btsnetworks.net> wrote:
> One thing the Royal 1000, 3000, and 7000 series all have in common is very long battery life.  I really like my Grundig Satellit 700 but it will exhaust either rechargeable or alkaline cells in under 24 hours while the Zeniths will run several hundred hours on a set of batteries.  My solid state TOs spend a lot of time on the gazebo during the summertime.
>
> I have most of the tube type Zenith TO models and a Royal 3000 was my first SS receiver.  I later picked up a Royal 7000 and it is a very nice radio.  Last year I found a mint final edition R-7000-2 at a small fest for $50 and a Royal 1000 for $10.  Although it is supposed to break fairly easily the handle that turns into the rod antenna (models 1000 and 3000) is a cool feature.  The Royal 1000 was the early SS version and does not have FM coverage.  The Royal 2000 is low cost/low performance and really doesn't fit with the rest of the family.
>
> This has been an inspiring email thread.  I am not heading out to the gazebo with a cold German beer and my Royal 3000 :)
>
> Rodger WQ9E
>
> ----------------------------------------
> From: "Larry WA9VRH" <wa9vrh at dishmail.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 6:02 PM
> To: "LARRY D GODEK" <telegrapher at q.com>, "Pete Lancashire" <pete at petelancashire.com>, "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Zenith transoceanic
>
> Hi Carl,
>
> Your right the Zenith Royal 7000 is a really great radio. I enjoy mine very
> much!
>
> I bought it about 10 years ago for $50.00. And no it's NOT for sale.  I have
> had it currently listening to the local NDB and everytime
> you turn it on it is still on frequency.   Probably been there for at least
> 6 months or more.  I have a few others including a couple of the leather
> cased ones. One has cleaned up very well the other will not be as good.
>
> Hope you find a 7000 at a reasonable price!
>
> 73 Larry WA9VRH
>
>
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