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8th Nov 2020, 8:37 pm | #1 |
Tetrode
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Vintage Airband Website
A bit of self promotion - if you like vintage airband radio's then I've created a site dedicated to them www.airband-radio.co.uk
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9th Nov 2020, 9:57 am | #2 |
Nonode
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
That looks like a great site! I'll peruse it at my leisure with a cup of tea later. I used to have one of those Midland airband converters back when I were a lad in the late 60's. It was a very simple cct and seemed to consist of some kind of super-regenerative detector which radiated the resultant 'IF' to any nearby MW radio. It worked very well.
I think I eventually took it to bits....
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9th Nov 2020, 11:20 am | #3 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
Yes, a very interesting read, even for someone like me who has no real interest in airband radios. Well done!
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9th Nov 2020, 1:04 pm | #4 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
I've just remembered that we used to stock the little Sharp FX range of MW/Airband radios. They weren't the best receivers in the world, but I liked their neat styling and they were easy to tweak up to the Amateur 144 MHz band.
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10th Nov 2020, 6:41 pm | #5 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
Excellent site.
Im quite into airband stuff myself living by an airport so this was right up my street. Was quite interested to see a Fantavox branded product again, not seen one for a few years now . I think it was an importers name brand rather than a manufacturer.
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10th Nov 2020, 8:44 pm | #6 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
Hi. Skyking-comms
I have a couple . An Emeltone Winsor. Steepletone SAB9 MKII.Mains/Bat recharge A TELETON Vintage 1970-1973? Multiband 5(AM/FM/SW/VHF/P-B Transistor Radio. Made in Japan, Serial No.00216 Model No.136F1 The radio operates on 4 C Batteries or with the attached internal AC Cord, in its original condition from new I am its second owner. I have tested the radio on AC and DC can pick up all stations on AM and SW bands,FM,VHF Bands. Picks up P-B static and some signal noises. works great. Excellent radio. Here are some pics of the Teleton. Good luck with your site, and thanks for the post. gezza123 |
10th Nov 2020, 9:54 pm | #7 |
Tetrode
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
Thanks for all the comments - I decided to create the site as I struggled to find any information on these early airband radios. The only site that seemed to list anything of interest was radiomuseum.org and then other sites started from the early digital radio's such as the Signal R-532. But these came out 25+ years after the vintage radios!
I think that Teleton is an AB 21 - they were £34 in 1969, which in todays money was around £479 http://www.airband-radio.co.uk/wp-co...448-scaled.jpg |
11th Nov 2020, 11:21 am | #8 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
I can add another to Andrew's Air/FM. Mine is a Sharp Air/MW.
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12th Nov 2020, 1:25 pm | #9 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
A couple of my Airband radios.
Bush VTR 178 from about 1973, its a recent addition to my collection, it works but the case is very pitted and the chrome is bad so will need some TLC to make it good. The other one is a Steepletone MBR10 radio with direction finder and cassette player . Works great and is my main radio when listening to the Aircraft , no idea of date of manufacture but ive been told its quite a rare model by all accounts.
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11th Jan 2021, 4:22 am | #10 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
I have a Signal Communications Corp R-532 which works very well- so well in fact I think it's a bit over-sensitive! Also it does need a bandpass filter in the aerial input to keep the FM radio out. 100 channels in banks of ten and that dinky little red light! My main grouch is there is no delay after the signal drops so you have to wait for the bank to go around before you hear the reply.
Anyone got a circuit diagram or better still service manual?
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11th Jan 2021, 6:48 am | #11 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
I suppose I'd better join in:
Trig TY91, TY92 and TY96. Maybe a bit too modern, and transceivers as well. I designed the transmitter and receiver sections! David
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4th Feb 2021, 1:53 pm | #12 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
I have a Gauers 6521 (Swiss) set - all working now, and cords re-strung... based on the Minerva Perfect.
Looking forward to hearing a bit more traffic on it - slim pickings this last year...
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4th Feb 2021, 2:42 pm | #13 | |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=3CxlTCz7kLU https://www.radioworld.co.uk/second-...-band-receiver Quite Tempted for a purchase now |
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6th Apr 2021, 8:25 pm | #14 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
I used to get given these, back when airband listening was popular - they always seem to come with wrist straps! I keep coming across them: here's two contrasting models, a cheap and nasty AM-band, FM-band and air/weather/PMR-band Elftone, and a half-decent portable multi-band radio from Saisho
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6th Apr 2021, 10:42 pm | #15 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
I have recently acquired a Realistic DX-66 sold in the UK by Tandy ;
http://www.radiopics.com/Scanners/Sc...20(12-767).htm I built a very similar set to the Kit set on your site - the "Incomparable VHF" cost £4 and the advert is easily found in Practical Wireless and Radio Constructor magaines in the mid- 1970's "Johnsons (Radio) of Worcester" |
7th Apr 2021, 12:36 am | #16 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
Here's another of the Hongkong cheapo variety which was aimed at the more enthusiastic aircraft spotters: it has a squelch control to save on brain and battery power. The bands are interesting: Air + Weather + 'Public Band' (not sure why they always called it that), then Band I TV + Band II FM, and then a novelty of a 'CB' Band: in this case it covered something like 21.5 - 31MHz. The exact type number has worn off the rear label during a short but active life, which has seen an aerial repair and the removal of the control knobs
It has the necessary wrist strap, and is unusually large and heavy for this class of receiver
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7th Apr 2021, 12:53 am | #17 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
Belcom of Tokyo mad very nice semi-pro transceivers and monitor receivers. Their AMR-217B was an FM receiver which scanned its crystallised channels and was supplied with a few crystals for the marine band. I think they were used in some Lifeguard stations
I wonder if they ever made an AM equivalent model for use in the airband?
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
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3rd May 2021, 12:12 pm | #19 |
Tetrode
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
Spent some time updating the website - thanks to all those who have contributed information and pictures http://www.airband-radio.co.uk/
gezza123 I've now got a Teleton Model 136, although mine is an F4. I have no idea what the difference is between an F1 / F4 / AB 21 http://www.airband-radio.co.uk/teleton Also trying to find out what the difference is between a Lafayette HA-55 and a HA-55A - welcome any ideas - http://www.airband-radio.co.uk/lafayette |
3rd May 2021, 12:36 pm | #20 |
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Re: Vintage Airband Website
I own a Zeon Tech multi band radio from roughly 1985. Just need to replace the tuning string and it should be good to go!
Tom |