Do you still use your old radios

[Telecolor 3007]

Do you still use your old radios? Since I don't have money for an new good F.M. radio I still use my '50's "Grunding" Stereo 5107 U (no stereo decoder on) The bad thing about it is that is stereo 3D (it haves one big speaker in the front for the bass, one small round tweeter (in the front, too) and 2 medium speakers (one in the left, the other in the rigt)). No A.F.C. avalaible
I use the other one which haves A.F.C. and is normal stereo only as amplafaier, because it haves F.M. only on 66-73 MHz (I must get my hands on an F.M. C.C.I.R.-F.M. O.I.R.T. convertor)
Of course, bogts are tube radios.

[Donny]

I don't use mine much they are more or less for display.

[RuSsMaN]

I use a couple of them. Not a 'radio' guy, per se, so I forget the models - but I've got a good size all wood Tube RCA in the kitchen that sees a lot of use.

I've got a small GE Tube (plastic) AM only job in the bedroom I get my weather / traffic / news off every morning.

Cheers,
Russ

[bgadow]

The ones I use most often are older but solid state: an Arvin stereo from about 1969 & a Nordemende Transita portable from the late 60s. The Nordemende, in particular, really impresses me. I really don't use any of the other 300 radios piled up around here on any regular basis. Most of the good stuff is upstairs & I just haven't been spending much time up there lately. Not enough good stuff on AM, anyway. I plan on eventually fixing up a small console to put in my office. Recently I have had an RCA am/fm set in here that I fixed for a friend & it got lots of positive comments & performed great. I was leaving it on almost all day, on the oldies station, to drown out the awful top 40 junk they play in the shop!

[Nick_the_'Nole]

I'm listening to the '80s station on my newly-repaired mid '50s Zenith right now, whilst working on building a battery eliminator so I can try out my Atwater Kent 30.

[Sandy G]

Do I use my Boatanchors? Oh, absolutely!! Rick Mish, the R-390A guru, recommends that R-390As be run as much as possible. They tend to get out of alignment if you DON'T run them. i've got a Grundig 2066 from the late '50s that gets run about every day. Running them is basically the point of having them, to me at least.-Sandy G

[rca2000]

It is my Philco 48-482, which is a large table model radio, am-fm, from'48. It has a 6v6 amp, and mostly loctal tubes(except the 6v6 and 5y3). I use it to listen to electronic music mainly, when I am at the computer, it probably sees an average of an hour or so a day.

However, even though this philco is BIG, and has a 6v6,(but only a 5x7" FC speaker), my little '68 model Sylvania SS radio, with 14 transistors, push-pull TO-3 outputs, and an accoustic suspension 4" speaker, can blow it out of the water, in sound(especially bass), and power.

[peverett]

I use some of mine at least once a week. I use both AM and FM tube type radios on a regular basis.

In fact, the only radio that I use more is in my truck(of course, it is solid state).

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Do I use my Boatanchors? Oh, absolutely!! Rick Mish, the R-390A guru, recommends that R-390As be run as much as possible. They tend to get out of alignment if you DON'T run them. i've got a Grundig 2066 from the late '50s that gets run about every day. Running them is basically the point of having them, to me at least.-Sandy G

Gee whiz, I learn something new every time I visit these AK forums. I didn't realize that the R-390A receivers will actually go out of alignment if they are not used on a regular basis. What causes that? I was always under the impression that, once a radio was properly aligned, the adjustments would hold indefinitely, whether or not the set was used.

on my hallicrafters S-80 on a nightly basis. Usually Rollye James, not the political hate shows.

listen to my hallicrafters s-80 to talk radio and pirate activity on weekends

which I am hoping to restore to be able to listen to f.m. Will lack of stereo decoder make this sound awful? Can't sound too awful with a 14 inch dynamic speaker I guess

[mbates14]

actually it would sound alot cleaner. stereo is noisey. most likely because of switching noise of the 19khz and 38khz signals.

[Charlie]

Most of my tube radios are used on a regular basis. Unfortunately, AM stations don't have that much of a variety to offer in my area in regards to music. AM here is mainly news, talk radio, spiritual programming... everything but music. Occasionally, I will find a distant station at night that will have "classic country" music on... that's about it. On Sunday mornings, one of the local AM stations plays Cajun music from 6 to 11 in the morning. If I get up early enough, I will listen to that.

I also play my tube consoles on FM on a regular basis. I have a CD player plugged in to one and use it all the time.

Actually, I don't have too much solid state equipment other than my stereo system in the main room. However, by today's standards, it all vintage gear as well.

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

I use the other one which haves A.F.C. and is normal stereo only as amplafaier, because it haves F.M. only on 66-73 MHz (I must get my hands on an F.M. C.C.I.R.-F.M. O.I.R.T. convertor)

I have a very old pre WW2 AM-FM radio. Emerson 460. The FM is on 41 to 50 MHz. This was the original American FM broadcast band, but this was changed to the modern 88 to 108MHz FM band in 1945. Something about making room for TV channels, but in reality RCA wanted FM to die to avoid competition for its new product: television. More details at my web page http://www.geocities.com/wa2ise/radios/fm45.html

Next weekend, as FM will have its 75th annerversary, there will be a special broadcast on 42.8MHz in the New York City area to celebrate. Using Major Armstrong's tower in Alpine NJ. Edwin Armstrong invented/developed FM.