Look at what happened to my old Zenith.....

[rca2000]

Originally Posted by sampson159

with you on that one.i guess when its yours you can do as you please,but this hurts to see!

That reminds me of something that a man named Jim Fred used to say about old radios--of which I suspect MANY of us also collect. In maybe 1979 or 80, in his "antique radio corner" column in "elementary electronics magazine--Jim spoke that as collectors we DO have an OBLIGATION to try and preserve as many of the old radios as we can and that we should NEVER "waste on" by "converting it" to a modern solid-state radio, or junking it--unless of course it is " Too far gone to save" in which case it's "heart and soul" should be preserved to save other radios.

I was only about 12-13 when he wrote that, and did not really fully understand what he meant by "we have an obligation to the generations that have not yet been born yet--to preserve these things--or they will NOT ever really know "what was". At the time--digital was JUST beginning to make heavy inroads into electronics, the CD was being perfected, and digital tuning was starting to become common on tv's and radios.

Now, over 30 years later--the same thing applies to OUR tv's radios, stereos and such. As Jim pointed out--"it is yours, and you DO have the "right" to do what you want with it--you SHOULD feel an "obligation" NOT to destroy or "modernize it". This is the way I--and many of us--feel about our stuff.

Jim went as far to say" we should ALSO strive to REPAIR all of our finds too" and many of us have not--but at LEAST--we should try to "house and protect them" until we--or SOMEONE ELSE--WILL restore them to their "former glory."

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by rca2000

That reminds me of something that a man named Jim Fred used to say about old radios--

I was catching up with this thread and read how Jim Fred's antique radio column in *Elementary Electronics* was remembered by at least two of you after more than 35 years.

I was Technical Editor of *Elementary Electronics* back when Jim Fred wrote his columns.

He had written a modest article about the hobby that caught fire with a contingent of our readers. I got flooded with positive mail from enthusiastic readers. It was clear from my own passion for preserving a CT-100 that an important subset of our readers were vintage radio enthusiasts, and so we hired Jim as a regular columnist.

Elementary Electronics folded some years after I left to join TAB BOOKS, but not Jim's column; it was picked up by Larry Steckler at *Radio-Electronics* where Jim's love of collecting lived on.

Pete

[Pete Deksnis]

(True Confessions of a recovering fishtanker)

...my operational CTC2 chassis was driving the RACS-rebuilt 15GP22 for a year at the ETF museum, and so my cabinet was bare.

Undaunted, I stuffed a $110, China-built, RCA-branded, ATSC, 8-1/2 by 11-in. CRT set into my empty CT-100 cabinet.

Built a 5.1 sound system around it.

Kept it a secret till now.

Humbly yours,

Pete

[Steve D.]

Hell Pete,

Perfect place for a real fish tank until you get the chassis back. Lol.

-Steve D.

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

Hell Pete,

Perfect place for a real fish tank until you get the chassis back. Lol.

-Steve D.

Actually Steve, I brought it back with me, although it's still in the back of the car. But, how 'bout a nice fish tank for my pristine CT-100? It'd look real purty in there once I pull that shiny chunk of metal with all them little parts out.

Pete