Forum 10 years old today! - Page 2 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

AC/HL · 21st Dec 2012, 12:09 am

I'll echo Andrew's comment (and all the others too)

MrElectronicman · 21st Dec 2012, 12:15 am

Great forum, Great people, Thanks to all, Happy Birthday

Michael Maurice · 21st Dec 2012, 12:30 am

I wouldn't be opening beer, only the best Champagne will do.

Happy Birthday.

The forum has spawned friends both at home and worldwide and I've come to regard the members as my friends and extended family.

Long may it continue.

Sideband · 21st Dec 2012, 12:31 am

When I joined the forum, I had just revived my interest in vintage radio and was looking on the internet to see if there was any remote chance that anyone else was interested in this (as I thought) somewhat obscure hobby. I was very surprised to find how many others also shared the interest and found this forum.

Cheers everyone

Rich

G8KBG Tony · 21st Dec 2012, 2:27 am

Happy birthday!

Many thanks to all.

Tony

raditechman · 21st Dec 2012, 9:11 am

Well done Forum admins and users.
Lots of postings and always something interesting to read, plus good source for giving or receiving advice with a restoration job.
John

Radio Wrangler · 21st Dec 2012, 9:34 am

The most impressive aspect of this forum is the help you see given to someone who has just found it and made their first posting looking for help with a duff set.

This forum has done a lot of good for a lot of people in ten years.

David

Nickthedentist · 21st Dec 2012, 9:49 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler

This forum has done a lot of good for a lot of people in ten years.

And saved a lot of interesting radios, record players, tape recorders and so on from being discarded.

Nick.

Nickthedentist · 21st Dec 2012, 9:50 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickthedentist

Thank you Paul and all the moderators, both past and previous.

I meant "past and present" obviously

Peter.N. · 21st Dec 2012, 9:50 am

An excellent forum, keeps me in touch with my youth

many thanks to all those who work so hard keeping it so.

Peter

newlite4 · 21st Dec 2012, 12:40 pm

Quite a landmark, thanks to Paul and to everyone that makes the forum possible.
Neil

bobbyball · 21st Dec 2012, 4:03 pm

I'm a bit late (as usual) but Congratulations to Paul and the Mods team for keeping it alll going for so long. The world would be a lonlier place without it!

Robert

Aub · 21st Dec 2012, 5:18 pm

Superb forum

Long may it continue

Aub

Gi4CZW Cliff · 21st Dec 2012, 5:29 pm

Thank you Paul and the community. The collective knowledge here is amazing. Cliff.

PaulR · 21st Dec 2012, 6:57 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrewausfa

Happy Birthday....though the missus, between clenched teeth, asked me to say "Thanks very much for the forum Paul. If Andrew hadn't have found it the house wouldn't be full of old radios and he wouldn't keep coming home like an excited five year old with things the size of a battleship that don't actually work".

Phew I thought was just me!

Without this forum I would not have got a fascinating hobby - or filled the house with so many interesting items. Very many thanks to Paul and all involved.

Paul

Paul Stenning · 21st Dec 2012, 7:10 pm

I don't have the time or space to indulge in collecting and restoring radios here, but the forum (and BVWS membership) allows me to keep involved. Keep restoring, keep discussing any problems and keep sharing the results.

ben · 21st Dec 2012, 7:21 pm

Thanks to all involved in this forum and to Paul for his efforts. I'm pleased to have been a member for quite a few of those ten years -again, after wondering if there were other like-minded people out there repairing discarded electronics, then stumbling across this place! Finding lots of knowledgeable, generous people here has enriched my hobby, by extension my life.

Congratulations all round!

dave walsh · 21st Dec 2012, 8:04 pm

It seems appropriate to be able to acknowledge a decade of the Forum at Xmas although I had no idea that it was an inadvertent (or deliberate?) Xmas present for Vintage enthusiasts everywhere -some of us are more vintage ourselves now

. Perhaps it's a good idea to remember those great individuals who are no longer here and didn't get that opportunity.

My details say 2006 but I'm pretty sure that it was 2004. I remember that I had to rejoin after the access dropped out at one point and my "status" couldn't be regained. It hardly matters, accept that I didn't realise I was an earlier member than I thought. Everyone else has acknowledged Mr S the founder and the support team, past and present, and I would also like to congratulate them on achieved a much more relaxed and welcoming atmosphere after some fairly fraught times-it's not easy we know! There are, of course, other Forums with a good attitude but the UK 3rs is a bit special and so are the people.

Dave W

Sean Williams · 21st Dec 2012, 9:36 pm

Wow, 10 years... Must be one of the longest running forums on the web I guess.

Paul Adams · 21st Dec 2012, 11:14 pm

Thanks for a fantastic Forum, definitely a wealth of information.

Paul.

21st Dec 2012, 12:09 am	#21
AC/HL Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 9,642	Re: Forum 10 years old today! I'll echo Andrew's comment (and all the others too)

21st Dec 2012, 12:15 am	#22
MrElectronicman Heptode Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Washington DC, USA Posts: 619	Re: Forum 10 years old today! Great forum, Great people, Thanks to all, Happy Birthday __________________ David

21st Dec 2012, 12:30 am	#23
Michael Maurice Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wembley, Middlesex Posts: 7,224	Re: Forum 10 years old today! I wouldn't be opening beer, only the best Champagne will do. Happy Birthday. The forum has spawned friends both at home and worldwide and I've come to regard the members as my friends and extended family. Long may it continue. __________________ Forum Moderator http://www.michaelmauricerepairs.co.uk/

21st Dec 2012, 12:31 am	#24
Sideband Dekatron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Croydon, Surrey, UK. Posts: 7,571	Re: Forum 10 years old today! When I joined the forum, I had just revived my interest in vintage radio and was looking on the internet to see if there was any remote chance that anyone else was interested in this (as I thought) somewhat obscure hobby. I was very surprised to find how many others also shared the interest and found this forum. Cheers everyone Rich __________________ There are lots of brilliant keyboard players and then there is Rick Wakeman.....

21st Dec 2012, 2:27 am	#25
G8KBG Tony Pentode Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wombourne, South Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 225	Re: Forum 10 years old today! Happy birthday! Many thanks to all. Tony

21st Dec 2012, 9:11 am	#26
raditechman Heptode Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West London, UK. Posts: 867	Re: Forum 10 years old today! Well done Forum admins and users. Lots of postings and always something interesting to read, plus good source for giving or receiving advice with a restoration job. John

21st Dec 2012, 9:34 am	#27
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 22,868	Re: Forum 10 years old today! The most impressive aspect of this forum is the help you see given to someone who has just found it and made their first posting looking for help with a duff set. This forum has done a lot of good for a lot of people in ten years. David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done

21st Dec 2012, 9:50 am	#30
Peter.N. Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Charmouth, Dorset, UK. Posts: 3,601	Re: Forum 10 years old today! An excellent forum, keeps me in touch with my youth many thanks to all those who work so hard keeping it so. Peter

21st Dec 2012, 12:40 pm	#31
newlite4 Octode Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bath, Somerset, UK. Posts: 1,805	Re: Forum 10 years old today! Quite a landmark, thanks to Paul and to everyone that makes the forum possible. Neil __________________ preserving the recent past, for the distant future.

21st Dec 2012, 4:03 pm	#32
bobbyball Octode Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester Posts: 1,214	Re: Forum 10 years old today! I'm a bit late (as usual) but Congratulations to Paul and the Mods team for keeping it alll going for so long. The world would be a lonlier place without it! Robert

21st Dec 2012, 5:18 pm	#33
Aub Nonode Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK. Posts: 2,039	Re: Forum 10 years old today! Superb forum Long may it continue Aub __________________ Life's a long song, but the tune ends too soon for us all.

21st Dec 2012, 5:29 pm	#34
Gi4CZW Cliff Pentode Join Date: May 2011 Location: Enniskillen, Fermanagh, UK. Posts: 188	Re: Forum 10 years old today! Thank you Paul and the community. The collective knowledge here is amazing. Cliff.

21st Dec 2012, 7:10 pm	#36
Paul Stenning Administrator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cardiff Posts: 9,071	Re: Forum 10 years old today! I don't have the time or space to indulge in collecting and restoring radios here, but the forum (and BVWS membership) allows me to keep involved. Keep restoring, keep discussing any problems and keep sharing the results. __________________ Paul Stenning Forum Admin/Owner and BVWS Webmaster

21st Dec 2012, 7:21 pm	#37
ben Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madrid, Spain / Wirral, UK Posts: 7,498	Re: Forum 10 years old today! Thanks to all involved in this forum and to Paul for his efforts. I'm pleased to have been a member for quite a few of those ten years -again, after wondering if there were other like-minded people out there repairing discarded electronics, then stumbling across this place! Finding lots of knowledgeable, generous people here has enriched my hobby, by extension my life. Congratulations all round! __________________ Regards, Ben.

21st Dec 2012, 8:04 pm	#38
dave walsh Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ramsbottom (Nr Bury) Lancs or Bexhill (Nr Hastings) Sussex. Posts: 5,817	Re: Forum 10 years old today! It seems appropriate to be able to acknowledge a decade of the Forum at Xmas although I had no idea that it was an inadvertent (or deliberate?) Xmas present for Vintage enthusiasts everywhere -some of us are more vintage ourselves now. Perhaps it's a good idea to remember those great individuals who are no longer here and didn't get that opportunity. My details say 2006 but I'm pretty sure that it was 2004. I remember that I had to rejoin after the access dropped out at one point and my "status" couldn't be regained. It hardly matters, accept that I didn't realise I was an earlier member than I thought. Everyone else has acknowledged Mr S the founder and the support team, past and present, and I would also like to congratulate them on achieved a much more relaxed and welcoming atmosphere after some fairly fraught times-it's not easy we know! There are, of course, other Forums with a good attitude but the UK 3rs is a bit special and so are the people. Dave W

21st Dec 2012, 9:36 pm	#39
Sean Williams Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: St.Ippolyts, Hitchin, Hertfordshire QRA IO91UW Posts: 3,517	Re: Forum 10 years old today! Wow, 10 years... Must be one of the longest running forums on the web I guess. __________________ Engineers make things work and have spare bits when finished

21st Dec 2012, 11:14 pm	#40
Paul Adams Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 253	Re: Forum 10 years old today! Thanks for a fantastic Forum, definitely a wealth of information. Paul.