[HBR] Ebay -- Auctions for receiver chassis and regen receiver

[waltah at ntelos.net]

Ebay has a couple of interesting items.   #9740437773 is a mostly 
stripped chassis with some parts.  Looks like it was a double 
conversion, single band receiver ... is that the cutout and front plate 
from an 898 dial?    This auction goes 'till Sunday evening, ET.  

#9740328677 is a homebrew five-tube regen shortwave set, 1.85-
30.5 Mcs, using plug-in coils.   The description is:
> Great radio to put on display or to use, reminder of the early
> days of radio.    This is a homebrew shortwave radio built some
> time ago that uses  five 12 volt octal metal tubes. It uses plug
> in coils and has 4 sets of rf and mixer coils (8 coils) and 5
> oscillator coils to cover the range 1.85 to 30.5 MHz.  It has a
> regenerative detector.  It works on all bands, but takes some time
> to get use to the tweaking that is required to adjust each
> control.  Once the regen is adjusted for a rushing sound then the
> two RF controls are peaked for max signal.  The signal tuning
> follows the printed charts for each band.  This auction includes
> all 13 coils, the schematic diagram of the radio and the 5
> frequency calbration charts for each band.   Due to the age and
> homebrew design of this radio no guarantee is given,  the auction
> is as is.  I will accept PAYPAL or money orders and will pack
> carefully for shipment . 

Built in power supply with solid state diodes.  Looks like a RF-
mixer-fixed tuned regen detector-two stages audio with the RF and 
OSC tuning controls separate.  Nice National 'velvet vernier' dials -- 
am I remembering that right?   Diagram, tuning charts shown in 
auction pictures.  A fairly nice job except for the speaker cutout 
which looks easy to fix or hide.  SOMEONE on this list needs this 
radio and there's only one bid.   Goes to about 3 PM Sunday 
afternoon.   

Walt 
KJ4KV