Well, Jim is a VERY good friend of mine. That said, I'd be interested in a small number of these radios.
So tell him to get that container open, and let's get them out to see light of day. You never know how many will go!
Bob - N0DGN James M. Walker wrote:
Mark, As for my ideas, NOTHING is absolutely perfect in radio or anything else. Having said that, I think that with a judicious cross section of ideas the units you describe could be resurrected in a reasonable way, to A) get them back into operation, and B) convert them to usable range for 160 work. YES, they are old technology, but they can be improved, any piece of equipment can be improved for the owner/operator it just takes a little effort, some modifications that will make it work to your, and also others standards of "Quality". I say, talk to your friend, see if he wants to recirculate the equipment if so then get a list and post it so folks that WANT to give it a shot can make the necessary arrangements with him. As I can't even imagine having all that equipment end up in a land-fill somewhere because it didn't meet the specs for todays operations. Especially since we have such a large group of enterprising folks that as W3BYM says, "Can Fix Anything". Keep me posted and if you need help, sign out, I will volunteer assistance. "Drive On" Jim WB2FCN Mark Cobbeldick wrote:WOW !!! Thank you to everyone who responded via postings and private e-mails. In answer to Jim's [WB2FCN], I don't have any data on the radios...yet. Let me explain: I work in the land mobile two-way radio field as a Product Support Engineer & Master Technician at the factory in Lynchburg, Virginia. One of my customers (...and an old ham friend) is the senior tech at large marine dealer/service shop in Southern California. The other day while discussing a technical issue with a radio we got chatting about 2 MHz marine radios, and the old AM Radiotelephone rigs. He mentioned that he had a 20-foot shipping container's worth of the equipment sitting in his warehouse, the business owner would love to get rid of! He had pulled a couple of them out recently and they still worked OK! ...Would I be interested in 1, 2 or more of them? He is planning to move to Eastern Tennessee in the not too distant future, and would not mind putting a few of them onto the moving truck for me. This is what prompted my question to the list. I have a somewhat special place in my heart for AM Phone, and 160 Meter/2 MHz marine radio. When I was about six or seven, I converted an old (tube) AM Band table radio up to 160m band and the lower portion of the 2 MHz marine band. The Loop Antenna was glued inside of the pressed paperboard rear cover. I wrapped several turns of insulated hook-up wire around this loop antenna and ran it outside to a 100-foot longwire and a ground. Growing-up down in Miami(Fla) and over in the Bahamas, I had tons of radio traffic to listen to from all over the SE USA and the Caribbean! Later in the 1970's when folks started converting over to SSB, I even built a BFO for the darn thing. Hearing about all the goodies he had stashed, made me remember the old days, wondering if I could "recycle" one of these fine old marine radios over to amateur service. 73, Mark A. Cobbeldick [KB4CVN, C6AMC] ...Also, a Big Hello to Joe [W4AAB]: 'Crawfish' it has been far too long. I hope all is well. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
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