35 years ago
 

May 1st, 2005, 35 years ago today I bought my first "antique" radio.
I've created a little web page to tell the story.
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/35years.html


73, Ron


Ron Lawrence, kc4yoy
(Curmudgeon in training)

POBox 3015
Matthews, NC 28106-3015
704-289-1166 (home)
kc4yoy(at)carolina.rr.com

Radio Collection Web Page,
http://www.radioheaven.homestead.com

Ron,
You have a good memory, I am lucky I remember the day I was married.....
well, not quite that bad. You have one hell of a collection many will
envy.

Regards,
Sal Brisindi

Ron Lawrence KC4YOY wrote:

May 1st, 2005, 35 years ago today I bought my first "antique" radio.
I've created a little web page to tell the story.
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/35years.html

73, Ron

Ron Lawrence, kc4yoy
(Curmudgeon in training)

POBox 3015
Matthews, NC 28106-3015
704-289-1166 (home)
kc4yoy(at)carolina.rr.com

Radio Collection Web Page,
http://www.radioheaven.homestead.com

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http://radioheaven.homestead.com/35years.html


73, Ron

Hi Ron .... beautiful collection of goodies and radios....
Have a question for you about one thats in this picture...

http://radioheaven.homestead.com/files/bookcase.JPG

The AK console on the left.... under the metal coffin boxes...
what model # is the radio thats in it?... maybe a 20C
or one of the other breadbox units #33 perhaps?...
yes I have one... that is incomplete.. and need to know
what to look for to complete it....

John k9uwa

" Ron Lawrence KC4YOY" wrote in message
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May 1st, 2005, 35 years ago today I bought my first "antique" radio.
I've created a little web page to tell the story.
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/35years.html

73, Ron
Ron Lawrence, kc4yoy
(Curmudgeon in training)

POBox 3015
Matthews, NC 28106-3015
704-289-1166 (home)
kc4yoy(at)carolina.rr.com

Radio Collection Web Page,
http://www.radioheaven.homestead.com

Ron -

IF you ever have the opportunity, I would love a copy of the VHF TV
pyramidal antenna article from that issue by George J. Monser.

Mr. Monser has since passed away, and I already have his UHF follow-up
article

g. beat
w9gb

Ron Lawrence KC4YOY wrote:
May 1st, 2005, 35 years ago today I bought my first "antique" radio.

That's about the same time I picked up two AA5s at the
church fair. An RCA 8X541 and a GE clock radio c435.
Neither too exciting at the time with respect to being
antiques, just old.

http://radioheaven.homestead.com/files/bookcase.JPG

The AK console on the left.... under the metal coffin boxes...
what model # is the radio thats in it?... maybe a 20C
or one of the other breadbox units #33 perhaps?...
yes I have one... that is incomplete.. and need to know
what to look for to complete it....

That's a cabinet built by Connor or Conner not sure which.
The radio is a AK model 36 which was their first AC powered
set. The separate power supply is in the lower cabinet
behind the model E speaker.

Ron

robert casey wrote:

Ron Lawrence KC4YOY wrote:

May 1st, 2005, 35 years ago today I bought my first "antique" radio.


That's about the same time I picked up two AA5s at the
church fair. An RCA 8X541 and a GE clock radio c435.
Neither too exciting at the time with respect to being
antiques, just old.


That was about the time I was putting the 17th coat of spar varnish on
my first RCA console to hide the splitting veneer. :(

-Bill

It always seems that there is someone who passes the antique radio bug
on to the next person. For me it was about 12 years ago, someone I know
gave me a small tube tester, a westinghouse console radio, and a little
advice. Since then, I have aquired several more radios, and although I
still have a lot to learn, it has been a tonne of fun!!! Gonna have to
buy my own house soon though.... with all the hobbies in this house,
there is no more room for me anymore.

Shawn K
www.thisoldradio.com

Ron Lawrence KC4YOY wrote:

May 1st, 2005, 35 years ago today I bought my first "antique" radio.
I've created a little web page to tell the story.
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/35years.html


73, Ron


Hmmmm........ memories

Approximately 1972 or 1973, so I would have been 14 or 15 I guess. I
remember hooking up to the tractor, the trailer cart that we were using
to sell vegetables at my families roadside market garden. I drove a
couple of miles down the next concession to us, loaded in a 1920's
Columbia console, a lovely unit with two dors that slid on brass rails
to hide inside the cabinet. My brother and I (he's 6 years younger than
I) loaded it in, tied it down and headed home. Because I was too young
to drive on the roads (or so they thought - little did they know :-) ),
I had to take the back lanes and the fields to get onto the concession.
It's a wonder the radio made it! I still have it. It's in my dining
room, some 33 years later.

cheers

--
regards from ::

John Bartley
43 Norway Spruce Street
Stittsville, Ontario
Canada, K2S1P5

( If you slow down it takes longer
- does that apply to life also?)

On Sun, 01 May 2005 19:21:13 -0400, John Bartley wrote:

Ron Lawrence KC4YOY wrote:

May 1st, 2005, 35 years ago today I bought my first "antique" radio. I've
created a little web page to tell the story.
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/35years.html


73, Ron


Hmmmm........ memories

Approximately 1972 or 1973, so I would have been 14 or 15 I guess. I
remember hooking up to the tractor, the trailer cart that we were using to
sell vegetables at my families roadside market garden. I drove a couple of
miles down the next concession to us, loaded in a 1920's Columbia console,
a lovely unit with two dors that slid on brass rails to hide inside the
cabinet. My brother and I (he's 6 years younger than I) loaded it in, tied
it down and headed home. Because I was too young to drive on the roads (or
so they thought - little did they know :-) ), I had to take the back lanes
and the fields to get onto the concession. It's a wonder the radio made
it! I still have it. It's in my dining room, some 33 years later.

cheers
Ahh 15, 16 , 17 and 18 years old. Thed early 70s.
I was down in the basement of the Staten Island Historical Society Museum
tinkering with the radio and phone collection. They had as I remember:
Several AK Model 20.
An AK Model 37 (AC powerered withj potted transformers made of green
metal) A Grebe-Eisman Synchrophase
Some GE units in wooden boxes (do not rememberany model info)
Several Victrolas.
Several Edison Cylinder Players
A real beautiful Regina Music Box that played 12 inch metal disks.
Much, mush more. A rela treasure trove.


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