[IRCA] Old, but common radios

["Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One thing I have been toying with is to try DXing with a radio like I used
as a kid.  Two come to mind.  One was an All-American 5 GE clock radio.
Tube rig circa 1955.  The other is a radio from a 1953 Studebaker using a
random long wire.

If I could find one of those, it would be interesting to see just how much
more I could hear, knowing what I do now.  For example, I *never* moved the
GE to take advantage of the nulling capability of the built in loop.  In
fact, it was positioned on my nightstand in such a way as to null the
stations I wanted to hear (!).  I never had a clue about nulling.  Never
noticed the signal change.  All I noticed was that two of the rock and roll
stations I liked were often inaudible after 3pm in the winter.  Nulling,
indeed..

The Studebaker radio was a Stewart-Warner, IIRC.  I do remember it did have
a single RCA jack that apparently could take an external audio input.  No
idea from what.  I used to run that in the house by shorting two pins on the
power supply vibrator, and hooking it to the 6.3vac filament winding from an
old TV transformer.  Worked fine, but sure would make the OSHA people crazy
if they saw that.  A 14 year old kid messing around with something that had
exposed 400vac in the little chassis I made for it.  I may even have that
thing downstairs in a box somewhere.

Maybe a quick search through eBay..

Craig Healy
Providence, RI

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