Those were the days! - Page 2 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

HamishBoxer · 11th Feb 2015, 12:51 pm

One point; I don't see the modern stuff around now ever being worth much.

pichacker · 11th Feb 2015, 2:08 pm

I agree but that was probably said back in the day as well

peter_scott · 11th Feb 2015, 4:00 pm

One set I acquired at a jumble sale when aged about 11 or 12 was a Fellophone in a mahogany case with a sloping ebonite panel. It was missing its valves and I chopped it up for "spares" that I never used. I still have the case sans everything else including the ebonite just to periodically remind me how stupid I was.

On the good side it came with various sets of headphones and I still have at least one working set from that purchase.

Peter

AlanC · 11th Feb 2015, 9:46 pm

Here's a couple from me, from after the days when radios just got stripped willy nilly... Well sort of!

I had a sobell like the one in Mark Pirate's avatar. It was given to me by a school friend, and I had to ask my dad to collect it in the car on account of its size. I used this radio for a long time, it had 2 IF stages and was really hot on the two shortwave bands. I remember Shannon Aeradio in AM then as well as all the broadcast stuff. But ultimately it met it's fate...

Another one that comes to mind was a radiomobile car radio. It had a control head with the RF amp and mixer stages in, connected to a box with vibrator power pack, and the IF and audio stages; the output was a N78. It was the best medium wave receiver I have ever played with, capable of pulling in stations from the US back in the days before there was an ILR 'local' on every channel; though with all the switch modes and energy saving lamps I doubt you'd even heard these now!! Even this I got bored with and guess what...

I wish I had them now. But please let's just not even mention the Stern Mullard 5-10 with Partridge transformers that went in the skip..... Cringe!!!!

11th Feb 2015, 12:51 pm	#21
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11th Feb 2015, 2:08 pm	#22
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11th Feb 2015, 4:00 pm	#23
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11th Feb 2015, 9:46 pm	#24
AlanC Hexode Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 312	Re: Those were the days! Here's a couple from me, from after the days when radios just got stripped willy nilly... Well sort of! I had a sobell like the one in Mark Pirate's avatar. It was given to me by a school friend, and I had to ask my dad to collect it in the car on account of its size. I used this radio for a long time, it had 2 IF stages and was really hot on the two shortwave bands. I remember Shannon Aeradio in AM then as well as all the broadcast stuff. But ultimately it met it's fate... Another one that comes to mind was a radiomobile car radio. It had a control head with the RF amp and mixer stages in, connected to a box with vibrator power pack, and the IF and audio stages; the output was a N78. It was the best medium wave receiver I have ever played with, capable of pulling in stations from the US back in the days before there was an ILR 'local' on every channel; though with all the switch modes and energy saving lamps I doubt you'd even heard these now!! Even this I got bored with and guess what... I wish I had them now. But please let's just not even mention the Stern Mullard 5-10 with Partridge transformers that went in the skip..... Cringe!!!! __________________ Always expect the unexpected...