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Neil Purling 31st Dec 2013 12:07 pm

Re: The Thanks thread.
 
Many Thanks for the efforts of Forum members Ron Bryan & Howard in the repair of my Roberts R200.

No doubt one of these gentlemen will be telling the tale as a Success Story.
The tin below shows the amount of life-expired/defective parts that were changed, so you can see that it wasn't just a new badge & a dose of shoe polish.
My own contribution to the job was minimal: Missing 'fixings'.

ben 4th Jan 2014 1:23 am

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Belated thanks are owed to some very generous people on here, I've been hectic recently with young baby to look after and not being able to get back to the Uk too often!

Firstly Andy / Dr wobble for the box of tapes he took the time to send me a few months back, far more than I'd expected, what a gent.

Also to Mike Brett for mailing me the Grundig literature he so kindly offered FOC last month.

And to Jeremy valvecollector for the record deck parts he put aside for me which will serve me very well when I do up a beloved Bush unit!

Much appreciated, chaps. Best regards for 2014 to you and yours.

Ti Pwun 4th Jan 2014 12:47 pm

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Big thanks to Julian (Lowemission) for the capacitors. They arrived today.

Very much appreciated.

Stuart R 6th Jan 2014 12:32 pm

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Very grateful thanks to Fred (fredporter65) for the IF transformer he sent over to get me out of my Christmas Crisis! Hope to get my Dad's Bush VHF90 back on MW in the near future.

Thanks again to everyone on the forum for help, advice and interesting conversation during 2013. All the best for the new year!

SR

Phil G4SPZ 6th Jan 2014 6:48 pm

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Many thanks to Andy (setsappeal) for sending me a control knob to help complete my restoration of a pre-war McMichael portable :clap:

Ti Pwun 9th Jan 2014 12:11 pm

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Big thanks to terrybull for prompt delivery of the 7" TV. Perfect for my needs, thanks.

Jon.

Stylo N M 9th Jan 2014 6:54 pm

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Hi,

This is just to say a very, very warm hearted thank you to jim jobe for sending me a lovely selection of diodes and transistors.

The kindness I've had from all on here goes beyond words. I can't speak it just overwhelmes me and I can't get the words out.

Thank you all.

Paul.

Ti Pwun 20th Jan 2014 5:31 pm

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Big thanks go to Phil (Phil G4SPZ) for quick delivery of the OCXO. Much appreciated.

HamishBoxer 21st Jan 2014 8:12 pm

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Thank You all folks for help in sorting my hard drive cloning problem out.

Gillian 22nd Jan 2014 1:32 pm

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Thank you. To all the members, you are such a lovely and helpful bunch.
There is no one better to share a rock spinning in space lit and heated by a nuclear reaction with!!:thumbsup:

HamishBoxer 23rd Jan 2014 1:38 pm

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Thanks Chris (G0EYO) for the RSGB mags.

David

Mike Phelan 23rd Jan 2014 5:59 pm

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Thanks to Trevor (trickytrev) for the record deck and his and his wife's hospitality.

Gillian 25th Jan 2014 10:38 pm

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Thank you Beobloke ,Adam for the lovely Rigonda Symphony.
I have got a note out of it already this afternoon.
Some new coupling capacitors and decoupling capacitors will see it right,

Gill

Miguel Lopez 27th Jan 2014 3:27 pm

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I want to thank to Jim (aka G4XWDJim) for sending me a lot of valves, four relays and a good quantity of solder. All of that will be very useful. Thanks mate.

Outrun_uk 29th Jan 2014 12:45 am

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Many thanks to Michael (yesnaby) for sending me the Television magazines which I'll enjoy reading :)

qualityten 29th Jan 2014 11:14 pm

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My thanks too, to Beobloke for the Rigonda Bolshoi. The only repair needed so far is one done by a previous owner, though I will give it more attention.
QT

ajs37 3rd Feb 2014 10:01 am

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Many thanks to AndiiT for the radio! Very generous!
Cheers
Andy

Ti Pwun 3rd Feb 2014 12:35 pm

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Big thanks to Julian (jooles405) for sending the barcode scanner. Much appreciated.

Phil G4SPZ 4th Feb 2014 11:38 pm

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Thank you to Al (Skywave) for the Bush PB51, collected today :thumbsup: but also for the interesting and wide-ranging natter!

Stylo N M 7th Feb 2014 10:25 pm

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May i say a big thank you to rmslt56 (Doug), for very kindly sending me the 0C71 and 0C45 transistors, and the 0A10 diodes, very kind and thoughtfull in sorting those items out for me thank you.

Paul.

Ti Pwun 8th Feb 2014 4:58 pm

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Big thank you to Colin (camallison) and his wife for bringing over the scope - much appreciated.

audiomagpie 9th Feb 2014 10:41 pm

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Thanks to Terry (Valvepower) for the tonearm wire. Nice to meet you at the Audiojumble!

Greg

ITAM805 10th Feb 2014 4:04 pm

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A big thankyou to Tony (boxdoctor) for the CV6 valves :thumbsup:

Ti Pwun 13th Feb 2014 5:31 pm

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Big thanks to Wendy (Wendymott) for the CR100 radio. Looking forward to getting started on the restoration.

ITAM805 16th Feb 2014 6:12 pm

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Many thanks to Mick (vinrads) for the mains transformer :beer:

Lowemission 17th Feb 2014 1:05 pm

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A big thank you to Phil G4SPZ for the Murphy A100 parts.

ATB
Julian

MarkAT6 18th Feb 2014 11:38 am

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Thanks to Michael (aka 'LIVEWIRE') for the cartridge clip.

Phil G4SPZ 18th Feb 2014 9:58 pm

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Thank you to Paul Stenning, for responding almost instantly to my query concerning the Service Data DVD-ROM, and for curing my problem with Adobe Reader settings :thumbsup:

Gillian 26th Feb 2014 8:20 am

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Thank you to members Graham,Tony and especially John for making me so very glad to be a member.
Gill

trickie_dickie 9th Mar 2014 3:17 pm

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Many Thanks to Mike T for delivering the two 170A radios today in Slough.

ecc84 11th Mar 2014 6:20 pm

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Can iI just say a huge thankyou to Paul Adams on the forum for supplying me with a spare part that was requested in test gear section. Much appreciated.

Anthony Thomas 12th Mar 2014 8:18 pm

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A big thank you to Brian Cuff for the generous parcel of capacitors, diodes and the diode cradle for EA50 free of charge. It made my day :D

I do hope that one day somehow I can return the favour somehow.

Tony

Paul Stenning 18th Mar 2014 11:04 am

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Email received last night: :)

Quote:

Dear UK Vintage Radio Repair & Restoration Discussion Forum

Just wanted to tell you how grateful I am to your Forum, though I'm not a member. Looking for any help I could to get my Roberts R606-MB working again, I found a thread dating back to 2007 about common problems. Turns out it was just a faulty mains/battery change-over switch. So problem identified and resolved. Many, many thanks.

As a complete contrast I also found this http://petemaxwell.wordpress.com/201...anding-repair/ - which you might find interesting, if a bit lengthy!

Best regards, and keep up the good work.

sobell1980 23rd Mar 2014 8:32 pm

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Huge thank you to Jim, user name G4XWDJim. I requested, asked for help with locating some specific B7G sockets. Jim promptly replied last night and invited me over today to pick some up, free of charge. When I arrived I was greeted with a cup of tea and huge supply of the sockets I very much needed. We went into Jim's fabulous workshop with my Roberts RMB where Jim made sure I came away with exactly what I needed. Being fairly new to the hobby, Jim had also put together two large boxes of spares for me to take away to build up my spares, hundreds of valves that I will be able to use for substitution and many types of transformers.

What a lovely suprise for a beginner to come away with. Just what i needed. Thank you so much for your generosity Jim. While I was there Jim also tested a suspect valve for me on his valve tester which luckily turned out good! This was great to watch having never seen this done before, Jim clearly explained to me how it worked and what we were looking for. I even got a brief tutorial on basic alignment while I was there. It was a great experience to meet Jim, he offered loads of encouragement and guidance on kit etc.

Thank you for all the parts and for your patience with a beginner. It was great for someone with your experience to spend that time with me.

Many thanks. Kind regards, Dave.

SiriusHardware 27th Mar 2014 11:45 pm

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A quick thank you to Dr Wobble for the 80GB hard drives which he was kind enough to offer F.O.C. in the Sales and Wants section.

Boom 29th Mar 2014 11:14 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Stenning (Post 668460)
Email received last night: :)

Quote:

Dear UK Vintage Radio Repair & Restoration Discussion Forum

Just wanted to tell you how grateful I am to your Forum, though I'm not a member. Looking for any help I could to get my Roberts R606-MB working again, I found a thread dating back to 2007 about common problems. Turns out it was just a faulty mains/battery change-over switch. So problem identified and resolved. Many, many thanks.

As a complete contrast I also found this http://petemaxwell.wordpress.com/201...anding-repair/ - which you might find interesting, if a bit lengthy!

Best regards, and keep up the good work.

Thanks for that. An excellent read.

Phil G4SPZ 9th Apr 2014 10:05 pm

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Very many thanks to Roger G0NQK who kindly sent me a complete Ever Ready battery valve chassis, free of charge.

terrybull 10th Apr 2014 9:43 am

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A big thank you to Andy aka Dr Wobble who kindly built me an ESR meter at cost. A nice neat job too.:thumbsup:

Diabolical Artificer 23rd Apr 2014 2:10 pm

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It was a pleasure; always happy to help a fellow forum member. I've had lots of help myself.

Andy.

Skywave 24th Apr 2014 2:33 pm

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A very big "Thank you" to Malc Scott, who kindly sent me a soldering iron for a Weller TCP soldering station. :clap:

Al. / Skywave / April 24, '14 //

Ed_Dinning 25th Apr 2014 8:55 am

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Many thanks to Llama for a wide selection of pot cores that will be most useful for my future projects.

Ed

Ti Pwun 1st May 2014 6:15 pm

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Many thanks to Keith (KeithsTV) for the SMD components.

Phil G4SPZ 8th May 2014 9:02 am

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I'd like to thank Bill (batterymaker1) for his help, advice and information on several occasions. Thank you, Bill :thumbsup:

mole42uk 9th May 2014 6:57 pm

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Thanks to Phil G4SPZ for talking me through the repair of my AVO Model 7. Good to have someone who's done it before at my side!

Richard

G4XWDJim 13th May 2014 12:17 pm

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Many thanks to nicklyons2 for his kind gift of several yards of vintage rubber two core cable I needed to complete an authentic looking job.

Jim

Little-Freddie 13th May 2014 8:15 pm

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... & I'd like to say a big thank you to Mike Brett, who posted me a chip of Galena, that helped me get an old Mostyl crystal radio back to its former glory..

Thanks, Mike, if there is ever anything I can do for you, (or any other forum member, ) just ask,

Cheers, Fred

Nickthedentist 13th May 2014 8:17 pm

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Thanks to GrimJosef for transporting some old HDDs to Dave Moll, to Studio263 for the childrens' tapes, and to Lowemission for the wonderful radios and their safe delivery via Karen to Didcot.

THANK YOU!

MarkAT6 14th May 2014 11:17 am

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Very many thanks to Dave Moll & Threeseven (Gary) for facilitating the transport of the Garrard DD75 back to sunny Worcestershire. It's now in my to-do 'pile' of Swindon's finest.

Mark

Paul Stenning 15th May 2014 4:45 pm

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Thank you to the anonymous person in Tunbridge Wells who kindly sent me a CD-ROM of assorted radio and valve data and books that he/she found while clearing a deceased relative's house.

I will sort through it in due course, and quite a lot of it will probably find its way onto my free data site at www.vintage-radio.info so everyone benefits.

Miguel Lopez 22nd May 2014 9:11 pm

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Thank you very much to Colin (aka Doffery) and Andy (aka Dr Wobble) for all the stuff they sent to me. Bless you all.


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