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Radio Wrangler · 29th Nov 2017, 1:27 pm

Now that qualifies as jewellery!

Gorgeous construction and it must have been enjoyable doing it.

I'm not sure I'd have used something as off-the-beaten-track as fetrons in something I was planning spending so much effort into. I suppose that if I wanted to do a tour-de-force job of a classic receiver, I'd go for the G3PDM or maybe the G2DAF ones.

I can still remember what teledyne TO-5 relays cost back in the day. Then one Teledyne plant got flattened by a hurricane and the West coast one had a big fire.. The US military sequestered all stocks and HP had to find alternatives pronto

David

29th Nov 2017, 1:27 pm	#4
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 22,872	Re: Fetron Radio. Now that qualifies as jewellery! Gorgeous construction and it must have been enjoyable doing it. I'm not sure I'd have used something as off-the-beaten-track as fetrons in something I was planning spending so much effort into. I suppose that if I wanted to do a tour-de-force job of a classic receiver, I'd go for the G3PDM or maybe the G2DAF ones. I can still remember what teledyne TO-5 relays cost back in the day. Then one Teledyne plant got flattened by a hurricane and the West coast one had a big fire.. The US military sequestered all stocks and HP had to find alternatives pronto David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done