Anything worth saving is worth converting, or is it the other way?? I have plenty of 160 AM gear but if there are any small ones left over, I am interested also. Xtal control makes great mobil radio for getting local activity started. 73 All Charlie, K0NG ..
Quoting Rbethman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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! 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