[R-390] First radio thread

[KR4HV]

I have a 1938 Zenith 7 tube floor model with "the big round dial"  Still
works fine.  I just recently repaired a 1942 Zenith floor model that a
retired friend of mine's parents bought new and listened to nightly reports
about WWII.  Been in his family all this time. How cool is that when
everything is throwaway now days.

Walt
KR4HV

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My first SW radio was a 1938 model Zenith wood cabinet table model with 
the big multi colored round dial.

When I started to study for my Novice, I ordered a BFO coil from Miller 
Radio complete with instructions for adding an outboard BFO. My Novice 
station was the Zenith and a DX-20. That was in 1958, I think.

Then I acquired a 40M ARC5 RCVR. Then I delivered enough newspapers on 
my bicycle to buy an SX-71.

I wish I still had the Zenith, but in the mid 60s, in a weak moment, I 
traded it for a WWII US Navy Quartermaster glass, which I still have, 
but seldom use these days. I do still have my original J-37 key.

When I was a kid I used to haunt the local radio shop, a one man shop 
owned by a guy named Harry Romain. Harry was a very nice fella, and 
always had a cigar between his teeth. And to this day I can conjure up 
in my head the smell of tube radio shop mixed with cigar smoke. Better 
than any cologne.

Roger
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