Just acquired GE P780...
 

Howdy gang-
I just picked up a GE P780, and I recall reading a few posts about this radio
in the last few weeks or month. I notice some models had antenna terminals, but
this one doesn't (but it looks very easy to add one)... but is there anything
else I should know about this as far as components which are more prone to
failure than others, or are there any good tuning tips or tricks I can use?
Sure sounds good from the speaker!
Linus

Howdy gang-
I just picked up a GE P780, and I recall reading a few posts about this radio
in the last few weeks or month. I notice some models had antenna terminals,

Good job Linus!!!!! You have one fine BCB dxing radio. IN the yahoo group
called (I think) amradiodx......er something in a different order, that is the
radio we've been talking about.

I have two of them, one with the terminals and one without, I can tell you
this. It is a GREAT BCB performer, you put that radio together with a lazy
susan table or any table that turns and a nice loop and you've got a heckuva
BCB logging radio.

You'll see, if you have a good one, fortunately both of mine are nice and I
have seperate tables and loops for them and I am extremely happy with them.

Did you get it on ebay, may I ask?

~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/*SUPER-DELUXE Mod- DRIVEN*394/*Modded*398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop*
~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~
~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~
~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~

Here you go Linus, if you never saw this link before- there's a few.

http://www.transistor.org/feature/jutson/details.html

http://www.transistor.org/feature/jutson/feature.html

they're built like tanks and I don't hear of many problems with them, but in
case, here is one more for you.
http://www.childhoodradios.shoppingc...137/263853.htm

You'll find yourself listening to that radio a lot, if you listem to the BCB at
least- you will- can't beat it IMO.:-)


~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/*SUPER-DELUXE Mod- DRIVEN*394/*Modded*398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop*
~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~
~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~
~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~

Did you get it on ebay, may I ask?


I did bid on a unit on eBay, but found one at a local flea market. $20 for a
working AM radio in great shape (truly) seemed worth it to me.
Thanks for the URLS in the other post, very worthwhile sites for a new owner of
such a cool radio.
Thanks my friend-
Linus