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Radios you own/have owned

Steve Green NEPA said:
@ Cyberdad : Like you, I got a * second * GE SR II at a nice price -- essentially free. So now I have two analog companions wherever I go. The first rig works a little better, even though it requires a matchbook cover jammed into the on-off switch to turn on, hi.
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Like you, I don't like mucking around too much with my radios, but you know -- wiring a toggle switch in place of the original switch on a GESR is easy.
The hardest part is taking the back off without messing up the power switch, of course. I wired a toggle switch onto the back of one of my GESR3's (I'd wrecked the power switch taking the back off to do a repair). I just re-routed the hookup wire. The operation itself took maybe 10 minutes. Less time than it took to get the back off of the SR.
Just a thought.

Great thread.
 
Radios I currently own for AM DXing:::::

Panasonic RF-2200
GE super radio II
Sengean PR-D4W
Sony ICF-EX5MK2
Tecsun PL-880
Tecsun PL-660
Tecsun PL-450
Tecsun PL-310ET

On the wish list
Sengean PR-D5 or 15 ( not sure which one to get right now )
 
Hey guys. A little update on the Jameson Electronics pocket radio I made mention of here. I really like that radio. The audio on it is amazing. Plus the AM bandwidth and reception is very good. It gives a good clear sound. Much better than the SR35. The FM on the Jameson Electronics radio is also very good. I say the SR35 edges it out slightly but both radios are good options that are inexpensive. Both units give a mono signal to both earbuds. Both radios have a month battery life if you use it every day like I do.
 
Well guys, I'm back. :) So let's go back to car stereos. Is it me or did the 2001 era Honda Accords have awesome radios in them? Very awesome AM and FM. Still some of the best AM and FM audio I have heard. Want to talk about driving with WVLG and WLBE here in Altamonte like locals. Same with the 2011 corola. Also a 2003 rav4 was right up there.
 
I only wish I had a list of all the radios I've owned. I do remember the first one I built, the old green-and-tan Heathkit GR-81 some 50+ years ago about the same time I got my ham license. There was an old Arvin cube-shaped tube table radio we pulled out of the attic when I was a kid, just to see what it would do. Our regular bedside radio I don't remember what it was but we logged everything we could DX at night as far as XERF in Ciudad Juarez (from southeast Pennsylvania). I have a Panasonic RF2200 sitting on the refrigerator (idle) that brought in KOA from Asheville as well as a 10-watt station from Michigan (I wrote to them but they apparently didn't believe me), a Sangean 909 for general portable HF and a Yaesu FRG100 among others. Not that much left on HF any more; I find myself listening to planes over the Atlantic or scanning time signal stations just to see what the prop is like.

Several years ago I was driving through Nova Scotia along Highway 6 around Tatamagouche and passed a sign saying "radio museum". Stopped in to check and met a man who must have been pushing 90 years old -- in his barn, upstairs, he had stacked seemingly every radio you've ever heard of, including my old GR-81. On subsequent visits to Nova Scotia the sign was no longer there. I presume he passed away.
 
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Got my start in electronics as a kid fishing old radios and TVs out of the garbage and fixing them. The old line connected tube radios were the most fun. No polarized plugs on them so if you plugged them in backwards the chassis was hot. Been bitten on more than one occasion by that. Didn't know enough at the time to check the plug so it's inserted in the wall correctly before diving in, or use an isolation transformer. Good times.

Bronx
 
formula72 said:
Radios I currently own for AM DXing:::::

Panasonic RF-2200
GE super radio II
Sengean PR-D4W
Sony ICF-EX5MK2
Tecsun PL-880
Tecsun PL-660
Tecsun PL-450
Tecsun PL-310ET

On the wish list
Sengean PR-D5 or 15 ( not sure which one to get right now )
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Hold onto that Sony EX5MK2. They go for $600+ new now that they have been discontinued. Sony is apparently getting out of the radio business.
 
Well guys. Time to add another radio to this list. The sangean hdr14. This is definitely the best pocket radio I have owned. Well worth the money. I would encourage you guys to pick one up if you are like me and like new toys to play with. LOL The FM is amazing. The FM is right up there with the cC 2e which I still regret selling so much but my living situation called for me to sell it. The AM may not be the best to some. If you move the radio around a lot AM reception drops but if you find the right spot it can do quite well. Honestly my only complaint about it.
 
Been having a think about the sets I actually own. I am really struggling to narrow it down, which probably explains why I own so many radios...
1) Iberic Chantilly. Whilst I love the slightly more brash Art Deco of the Sparton range this pared down style is just as nice. I have owned it for years, not even fired it up yet, just love looking at it...

2) Marconi T37DA. A very quirky looking set. Spent several years looking for a good example and have owned two others in the process. I'm not sure it's really that beautiful but I still love the shape if that makes sense...

3) McMichael AC Superhet. Any 1930s speaker grilles are usually a hit with me...

4) Murphy A192. Designed by David Ogle of TR82 fame. Very simple but beautiful.

5) Philips 371A.
 
While in high school, I bought myself a Radio Shack Astronaut 8. Not the best
radio in the world but it has held up over time. Now over 40 years old and
everything still works, though not quite as well as when new......
 
We just got a used '05 Chevy Equinox. Haven't had enough time to play with the FM band yet, but the splatter is surprisingly minimal on first-adjacents, using the Pioneer radio provided. I don't think it's a Supertuner IIID, but I can't remember the model name.
 
Hello everyone. Just a fast run down of my radio situation. I have sold the EP and the hdr14. I just lost interest in HD radio and honestly love my little jamison radio and that is the one I carry with me. Also the sr35 is still working as well. I still have the CC 2e, the SRF59 and the dt160. I also have a panasonic stereo with an am/fm radio in it. It does OK.
 
I have used Potomac Instruments field intensity meters at work and they are absolutely the greatest.
They are portable but weigh more than any table-model receiver.
They usually receive up to the third harmonic of the top of the band.
Their signal meters are precision calibrated in uV/m and they can be had for just a few thousand dollars.
That is right, I said just a few thousand dollars, used, abused, and many years old.
 
On this topic, I was looking at a Sangean DT-400W AM/FM Digital Weather Alert Pocket Radio or a Sangean DT-200X FM-Stereo/AM Digital Tuning Pocket Radio...recommendations..or one I'm missing? I'd like one for road trips and for the lake.

Matt
 
I have a Sangean DT-400W I travel with, solid little radio with above average reception for a pocket. CCrane sells a similar model with a few more features at a higher price.
 
My favorite radio is the first DX machine I ever had, a Zenith Trans Oceanic from the early 60s. I can still get it to work..sometimes.
 
radioman148 said:
My favorite radio is the first DX machine I ever had, a Zenith Trans Oceanic from the early 60s. I can still get it to work..sometimes.
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Which model is it? Transistor or tube? The transistor ones have good reps, especially once hey are cleaned up. Use batteries. Adapters often put out too much voltage and the germanium transistors in the 1000-7000 Transoceanic models do not like that, and they will sometimes heat up and shut down (happened to me once -- luckily, it was only a temporary problem). The radios are light enough on batteries, anyway.
 
boombox4 said:
Which model is it? Transistor or tube? The transistor ones have good reps, especially once hey are cleaned up. Use batteries. Adapters often put out too much voltage and the germanium transistors in the 1000-7000 Transoceanic models do not like that, and they will sometimes heat up and shut down (happened to me once -- luckily, it was only a temporary problem). The radios are light enough on batteries, anyway.
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It is the Royal 1000 one of the first transistor ones. Right now it's currently not working. I've had it repaired 3 times in the last 25 years or so. I'll have to get motivated to do it again and find somebody willing to do it. The last time I had it worked on was about 12 years ago. The guy didn't want to charge me. I guess it was a kick for him to work on it.
When I first got it I used the SW alot. Then I realized it had a very good MW receiver, much better than the table tops or clock radios we had. So I ended up using it mostly for MW DX.
 
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