[stevehertz]

Originally Posted by mark2collection

I too was given a small box of Hong Kong-type pocket sets as a child. Most didn't work, a couple did. Names like Benkson, Shibuya, Waltham, Academy(?) ring a bell, plus a good few unbranded types.

Also remember my mum having a valve radio in the kitchen, circa early 80's. Thanks to the Internet, have learned the set was a Rincan KFA-W7, in cream.

With the passage of time, they have all sadly gone the way of things, and trying to find a nice example today is rare. Although we cannot keep everything, it's nice to see survivors.

Some of these sets work incredibly well, have recently bought a Tecsun(?), it is very good, ideal for checking my Marconi signal generator output is setup correctly.

All good fun,

Mark

Not sure that you meant to do so, but I wouldn't put Tecsun in the same bag as these old HK radios. Tecsun makes some excellent radios, they make some for Eton Radios who made the first hand cranked radio and also offer 'Grundig' Satellit models.