Wilson,
I'm working my way up to being a builder. I spend a lot of time studying
the schematics of 30's 40's & 50 gear, and I have been collecting parts.
I refurbished enough AM/FM/SW radios to hide the pool table, and sold
them all in one lot to make room for more. I have a stack of receivers
and transmitters that I haven't got to yet, and I currently have the
covers off a Zenith AM/FM and a Drake 2B.
I have a collection of 807s, 6AG7s, 6L6s and various other tubes,
variable capacitors, transformers, insulators, analog gauges etc. My
wife thinks I'm a hoarder. And yes, I am a little afraid of any power
supply that I built or repaired myself.
I'm fairly new to Ham radio, but it's my plan to eventually have a
working rig that is all home built. The repair work I have been doing is
really just educational. Once I have an old radio working, I don't have
much use for it anymore.
I built one receiver from scratch. It was a regen based on this article:
http://www.makearadio.com/tube/12at7-6ak6.php
I was able to listen to some foreign broadcasts, SSB & CW with it. I
suspect it's an effective transmitter too, so I don't use it anymore.
If anyone lets you know about any retro equipment builder’s/operators
groups or lists, please pass that info along.
You have my sympathy.
Best regards,
Steve
KG7CCS
On 11/3/2015 12:04 PM, Wilson wrote:
Apparently I have suddenly become old, or at least realized that I have.
I know dozens of hams, but I think I am the only one actually using anything
HB, with the
exception of a nice 1929 Hartley or two.
A good bit of my stuff was built (or misbuilt) by others, but I’ve rescued it
from oblivion and made it work properly.
I enjoy making things work more than I like fighting pileups, but I do do some
DXing and some ragchewing.
So who’s out there with HB gear, TX or RX?
Who uses 4-125s, 813s, 810s, 807s, 866s, 814s, 6AG7s, 6L6s, or V-70s?
Who’s afraid of their power supply?
Any receiver builders (my weak point)?
Along with my boatanchors (Signal Shifters, 310-Bs, HROs, Drakes, Hammarlund,
Heaths) I have some real ship anchors!
Also transformers I can’t pick up and gobs of small transformers and chokes.
Anyone with ideas about how to get rid of this stuff (when the time comes) so
my heirs won’t have to?
Is there a retro equipment builder’s/operators group or list out there anywhere?
I could use some sympathy.
Wilson
W4BOH
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