[Milsurplus] Marconi Dual crystal Receiver

[Mike Feher]

Thanks for asking. Well, I did start restoring it. Removed all of the
barnacles and other things that attached to it over the many years. A lot of
the tap point contacts and some other brass pieces were totally gone. It is
also amazing that most of it was still there, and, restorable. Anyway, one
of the times Howard Stone was visiting me and he really wanted a project and
talked me into selling the radio to him, which I did. He was meticulous in
his restoration efforts and after about a year he had it all done. It can be
seen on his web page called "Stone radio". At the time he was still teaching
at the U of T in Fort Worth and knew people in the university shop to make
him reproduction pieces. I used to know the name of the ship that it came
from, but, do not remember it now. Howard may have that information on his
page. It really does look nice now. There are numerous pieces in Howards
museum that at one time were in mine. Regards - Mike 

Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ 07731
732-886-5960 



-----Original Message-----
From: Boatguy [mailto:boatguy at csinet.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:22 PM
To: Mike Feher; jfor at quik.com; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] USPS Info... Saga of the Crate

Tell us what happened to the radio we all I am sure would like to know
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Feher" <n4fs at eozinc.com>
To: <jfor at quik.com>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] USPS Info... Saga of the Crate


> Wow, that is the crate without contents. Amazing. I have been fortunate 
> not
> to have to ship anything very heavy (over 35 pounds) overseas, however, I
> have received a lot of very heavy items over the years. One was a Marconi
> 1912 vintage receiver that was found by a scuba diver in a wreck of off 
> the
> UK. This was heavy. When I got it the newspapers he wrapped it in were 
> still
> soaked with salt water. This thing was under water for about 90 years. The
> total package was probably in the order of about 45 pounds or about 20 
> some
> kg. I think he wrapped it when the insides were still full of sea water.
> Regardless, even though the radio cost me in the many thousands, the
> shipping was less than $100 US. This was probably about 8 to 10 years ago,
> and I know a lot has changed since. Seems now even the smallest item from
> the UK to here costs a lot more for the transit than for the item. 
> Regards -
> Mike
>
> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
> 89 Arnold Blvd.
> Howell, NJ 07731
> 732-886-5960