[HBR] HBR Dials...

Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:45:28 -0500

Eddy
That's the one that was shipped from Oz. I think I paid "only" about $45 US
but I think I paid almost $30 for shipping from there. I do plan to use it,
but
I've not determined whether it's to be an HBR or another RX. It's too good
to languish in a box!
A local picked up a thrashed Venus for $10 at a 'fest... so they ARE out
there at reasonable prices, but there's not many. 
I'd recommend anyone buying at Ebay consider Esnipe. It's the only way to
bid! (www.esnipe.com).
I posted on r.r.amateur.misc and some other usenet groups and got quite a
few offers, when I was looking for mine, that might be a avenue to pursue
(of course, use a spamtrap address...hotmail, or yahoo or the like).

Somewhere along the line I found locally, an HBR-kit (it's on Kees'
wonderful HBR page), and I'll likely put that together soon. The local who
sold it to me, said it had some intermittants, so he TOOK IT ALL APART! I
found the original owners call etched in the chassis and tracked him down.
I got the history of the piece (which to me is a fascinating part of this
old stuff) along with some correspondence with Ted and other stuff. It'll
make for a fun project, but I'm sure I'll need the collective help of the
group here.

So many projects, so little time!  I'm currently rebuilding my SX9
(restuffing poly caps inside the old paper cases etc) and getting ready to
finally put my tower back up. It's been 6 yrs since I've moved from NM to
NC, and it'll sure
be nice to have the tribander back up.

73
John

At 07:56 AM 3/17/02 -0500, you wrote:
>John...
>
>Just took a look at your site...I'm STILL crying!
>
>What a lovely buy. What'd it cost you? Have you pressed it into service yet?
>
>I have all KINDS of verniers here: both Millen dials (big & small), a
>VARIETY of National ones, the little Japanese doo-hickies, & lots of ancient
>verniers---but NO Eddystone. You are SO lucky!
>
>Would dearly love your next post to be shots of that dial mounted on a
>FINISHED homebrew receiver, though! Hi Hi
>
>~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>
>PS: That difference in $$$ per my previous message was the dollar exchange,
>Canada-to-US. Still, on domestic purchases we pay *% federal tax AND 7%
>provincial tax for a grand total of 15%. Isn't life grand? Ben Franklin
>wasn't kidding about the only two sure bets in life...!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "john" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:15 PM
>Subject: Re: [HBR] HBR Dials...
>
>
>> Just for grins I snapped a couple shots of the NOS unit I found a year
>> or so ago.
>>
>> http://www.old-radios.com/pics/Eddystone.html
>>
>> (is that really 25% tax!? And I thought 8% in Calif was bad!)
>> :-)
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >Hi John...
>> >
>> >Thanks for that tip...
>> >
>> >What, in your estimation, is a "good" price for one? Last week I was
>> >half-relieved that I got outbid in the last second (literally!) for a NOS
>> >one from England---it sold for just over $100.00 US.
>> >
>> >That's $150.00 in CANADIAN money---as much as I paid for my beloved RCA
>> >AR-88LF a couple of years ago!
>> >
>> >Just curious...thanks, John.
>> >
>> >~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "john" <[email protected]>
>> >To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
>> >Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 5:09 PM
>> >Subject: Re: [HBR] HBR Dials...
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> In my case, the ever present EPay. (they show up there
>> >> routinely)
>> >>
>> >> Alternately you could look for a trashed Clegg Venus/interceptor
>> >>
>> >> John
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> At 04:45 PM 3/16/02 -0500, Eddy Swynar wrote:
>> >> >Greetings to the Group from a New Subscriber...
>> >> >
>> >> >An absolutely STUPID question, I'm sure, but where in the world do
>> >> >contemporary builders of HBR receivers find all of those N.O.S./N.I.B.
>> >> >"Eddystone 898" dials these days...?
>> >> >
>> >> >And what are they getting them for in terms of $$$...?
>> >> >
>> >> >They sure are good-looking!
>> >> >
>> >> >~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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