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VK2TV > OLDSET 15.07.09 09:51l 38 Lines 1268 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 7F0029VK2TV
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Subj: Re: VK2TV > vintage radios
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Sent: 090715/0825Z @:VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC #:262 [Kempsey, QF68JX] $:7F0029VK2T
From: VK2TV@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
To : OLDSET@WW
KB2VXA wrote:-
> From : KB2VXA
> To : OLDSET@WW
> Type/status : B$
> Date/time : 15-Jul 17:30
> BID (MID) : 260_VK2TV
> Message # : 260
> Title : Re: VK2TV > vintage radios
>
> Hi Ray, Andy and all,
>
> You reminded me of my childhood days and my introduction to the radio
> hobby... naturally. I remember my mother's Victrola table top record
> player radio combo among others in the family, I liked what I heard so I
> went scrounging behind the radio & TV shop downtown and found a gold
> mine. Those B&W TV consoles often had radios with shortwave bands and the
> chassis sitting on my desk didn't look TOO bad, a wire strung up in the
> trees served rather well. Naturally the 300V B+ gave me my introduction
> to electricity <ouch> and it was all downhill from there... to here.
>
> I'll go you one better, if an 8" PM speaker sounded good a 12"
> "electrodynamic" speaker in a floor standing cabinet driven by P-P 6V6s
> sounded better. (;->) In the words of Bob Hopeless, thanks for the
> memories...
>
> 73 de Warren
Hi Wazza,
You win. Push-pull 6V6's, wow! Such power. Why do I need 25W RMS today
when my hearing is still perfect :-(
Cheers .. Ray vk2tv
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