[R-390] Re: [Hammarlund] Boys Toys

[Todd Bigelow - PS]

Yep, I did Sandy - was pretty much what I expected, too - lasted all of
3 seconds or so. Two SP-600s in a rack,  looked like the 'Northern'
converted models. Nice and crisp, decent color, too. They showed them
with respect to the TV remote that was set up to work from sound instead
of light, the reference being made by the fellow who invented the remote
that he was concentrating on sound waves and their possibilities. I
recall a friend in high school had one of these TVs - first time his mom
clicked the remote I heard the distinctive *ping* the hammer makes.
Wonder if she still has it?

Pretty interesting show overall. I really enjoyed the shots of those R/C
MiGs with real turbojets - 200 mph! THAT was cool! Bet you could keep
the neighbor's dog out of the yard with one of those. <evil cackle>

I was really hoping they'd have a show about electronics, though -
something that at least touched on the evolution of radio and perhaps
showed a few racks of R-390s as well as the SP-600s, maybe a Collins
'Big Talk' station. Hey....maybe we could bombard them with requests for
a show about boatanchors, specifically the R-390? Sure would be
interesting, especially if they showed a bunch of that old film footage
of the intercept rooms (or whatever they were) with rack after rack of
R-390 and related equipment.

"Radio and How it Preserves Freedom"

Hey, they could take a rating hit for one night for us! Who knows, maybe
ratings would go up?

73 de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ

BTW, I have a couple of the old Motorola 'porthole' TVs, maybe a 6-8"
screen? I've got one displayed in my familyroom with a nifty set of
rabbit ears on top - complete with loading coils!

Sandy Geiger wrote:

> Gents-Well,last nite The History Channel,in their "Boy's Toys" series,
> DID have a nice vintage color shot of a rack of HammarHead SP-600s.
> Also ,a very nice looking Zenith porthole console TV. Of course the
> SP-600s had nothing to do w/what they were talking about-remote
> controls-but they were nice looking. Anybody else pick up on that?
> -Sandy G.
>
>  C.H.(Sandy)Geiger III
>