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AmprobeRS-1
(1969)
Analog Clamp-On Mutimeter with leads.
AC Voltage 0-150/600 3% of full sale.
AC Current 0-6/15/40/100 3% of full scale. -
AstaticD-104
Picked this up many years (1993) ago at a Nortown ARC club auction. -
AstraDR-107
(1948) The cabinet has only a few tiny marks to its finish, not warranting refinishing, a rarity. The grill cloth needs to be replaced. All tubes test good. -
Astron CorporationVS-20M
(1994) Features separate Volt and Amp meters. Output Voltage adjustable from 1.8-14.8 Volts DC. Current limit adjustable from 1.5 Amp to full load. Continuous Duty 16A@13.8VDC, 9A@10VDC, 4A@5VDC. ICS 20A@13.8VDC. -
Atwater KentCompact 20C
(1923) Closeup of the Atwater Kent 20C on the bench. -
AVOMultiminor Mk.1
(1950) AVO Multiminor Mk.1 Made in England. Vintage, 1950s meter is fully functional and in very good condition. MMM! Didn`t notice the chip until I saw the photograph. -
AVOUniversal Avometer Model 8 Mark IV
(1971) Current AC: 10mA-10A Current DC: 50uA-10A Voltage AC/DC: 2.5V-2,500V Resistance: 0-20M ohm Decibels: -15dB/+15dB Accuracy: AC Voltage/Current ±2.25% DC Voltage ±2% - DC Current ±1% Sensitivity: AC 2,000 ohms/V DC 20,000 ohms/V -
AVOTest Bridge
(1944) Avo Test Bridge, this fine piece of equipment tests capacitors, resistors, leakage of capacitors, power factor, measures against external standards, and last but not least its a valve volt meter, quite impressive for 1944. -
Bach-Simpson77
(1948) Absorption Wavemeter-Modulation Indicator -
Bang & OlfsenBEOMASTER 1900
(1977) All lit up in the dark. -
Bang & OlfsenBEOMASTER 1900
(1977) Close up of tuner section. -
Bang & OlfsenBEOMASTER 1900
(1977) Close up of volume control -
Bang & OlfsenBEOMASTER 1900
(1977) Close up of B&O logo. -
Bang & OlfsenBEOMASTER 1900
(1977) North American Model in Rosewood - not the correct photo. -
Bang & OlfsenBEOMASTER 1900
(1977) European Model in Teak in our office. -
Bunnell Co., J. H.6b Line Key 43
(1960) This Model 6B is one of the smallest actual operating straight keys. It was made by J. H. Bunnell Co. for Western Electric Company. It is about 2" long and it was used in telegraphy test gear in multiples of four for meter bridge testing. -
Bunnell Co., J. H.KOB
(1910) This is an unusually attractive and clean Bunnell key (KOB) with 20-ohm sounder on a base. Works with my other Signal KOB. -
CrosleyMohawk 2840
(1939) -
Daklin49052/9719
Very cute reproduction transistor radio. Speaker too small and has tinny sound. I might replace it. -
Daklin49054/9735
(2000) Antique store find reproduction vintage radio. Needed only a little Deoxit on the switches to fix. Too bad, not much on Shortwave anymore. -
EicoHF-12
(1967) High Fidelity 12-watt integrated Monaural tube amplifier. -
EicoHFT-90
(1967) This is the matching Eico HFT-90 Monaural FM tuner. Really cool miniature vacuum tube dial pointer that varies the height of its lighted area based on the strength of the received signal. Definitely a unique use of a vacuum tube. Needs a good antenna. -
Electrohome103-PMU51-447
(1949) -
ExtechEX520
(2014) Extech True RMS Digital Multimeter. My pride and joy of owning a decent meter. -
Fada192A Neutrodyne
(1925) -
Fada192A Neutrodyne
(1925) -
Fada192A Neutrodyne
(1925) -
Freshman Masterpiece
(1924) -
General Electric7-4100JA
(1987) 1930 Reproduction - Transistor AM/FM Radio. -
HallicraftersSC-38C
(1941) -
HomebrewBench Power Supply
(1995) Linear Dual Isolated Adjustable Output of 1.2-20 Volts 3.5 Amps. Readout displays Voltage and Amperage. Voltmeter has an external conection to channel selected. Four different setups - Isolated, Series, Parallel and Tracking outputs. -
ICOMIC-W2A
(1992) -
Japanese Puzzle Bank
(1960) Japanese puzzle bank with very nice wood marquetry. Has a simple trick opening. Also shown are various books in my collection. -
KenwoodTS-680S/AT250
(1994) With Astron VS-20M power supply and the speaker from a DX-160.(photo to come) -
Lowe OptaBella Rekard
(1950s) -
Marconi201A
(1941) -
Matsushita Co.VP-911C
(1965) Vacuum Tube Volt Meter (VTVM) with RF Probe using an Eimac 2-01C UHF tube diode. The best way to directly measure voltage in high impedance circuits. -
MFJ Enterprises, Inc.MFJ-956
(2002) Antenna tuner helps in rejecting images, intermod, and phantom signals. Tunable from 0.15 to 30 MHz, not very good in the AM Broadcast band. -
MFJ Enterprises, Inc.MFJ-202B
(2001) Receiver Noise Bridge used to adjust any antennas. Works from 1 to 100 MHz. Can measure resonant frequency, feedpoint resistance and reactance. Not very accurate unless calibrated. -
MonacorFSI-4
SWR, Power, Field Strength Meter. Maximum RF power of 100W. Frequency range of 1.5 - 150MHz. -
Oak Hill ResearchOHR-HP_QRP
(1998) 80 Meter Band QRP Transceiver 1 Watt - cover off internal view. Had to add a common-mode filter to reduce modulation from the power supply. -
Oak Hill ResearchOHR-HP_QRP
(1998) 80 Meter Band QRP Transceiver 1 Watt -
PanasonicRF-2200
(1979) Original photo - because people cannot believe the radio looks so good. Bought new, for $229.95 CAD and owned this radio from 1979. I listen every night to Coast to Coast with this radio. Only service was once a little DEOXIT for noisy switches. -
PanasonicRF-2200
(1979) 8-Band Analog Radio. AM, FM and Shortwave Bands. Ranges from .525-16.1, 3.9-8, 8-12, 12-16, 20-24, 24-28, 88-108 MHz. Crystal calibrators 125 and 500 kHz. -
Philco32A
Fantastic radio found at an Antique barn. Here is the radio all cleaned up. It was filthy. Minor finish scratches and nails for the feet replaced with felt pads. -
Philco32A
What a beautiful dial. The knobs were polished with a cotton wheel and Autosol Metal Polish. -
Philco32A
Waiting for two missing tubes before I can continue with the restoration. Only minor rust spots on the chassis. -
PhilipsB7X44A/03
(1965) Ok, the knobs dont match. They were given to me from a friend. Just fine for me. -
PhilipsB7X44A/03
(1965) -
PhilipsB7X44A/03
(1965) -
PhilipsB7X44A/03
(1965) This radio was picked up at a local garage sale. Only missing a knob and a small ding on top. Fully working radio with a wonderful spring reverb sound effect. Very loud. -
Pulsar44-1438-0
MW 531-1602 kHz 9/10 kHz step, SW1 2.3-6.2 MHz, SW2 7.1-21.85 MHz, FM 87.5-108 MHz -
PulsarMB200
MW 530-1630 kHz, SW1 3.2-7.3 MHz, SW2 9.5-21.75 MHz, FM 87.5-107.9 MHz -
RCA6J5
(1948) -
Serenader1U51-S-3
(1940s) Absolutely a beautiful radio as found. The cabinet is in an immaculate original condition. All tubes in place and test good on my tube tester. Made by Dominion Electrohome Industries Ltd. -
SignalKOB
(1945) Telegraph Key and Buzzer on base. Brass hardware, steel lever key with black cast iron base mounted on a wooden base with a round black buzzer. Morse Code brass plate. Wiring diagram on the bottom. -
SonyICF-7600
(1981) Analog AM/FM/Shortwave portable (dual conversion) 1st IF 10.7 MHz., 2nd IF 455 kHz. Very sensitive and quite selective. -
Stromberg Carlson752
(1947?) -
Stromberg Carlson410H
(1941) -
Superior Tube TesterTV-11
(1964) This is an emission type of tube tester, which some feel is inferior to the transconductance type of testers. However, if you are just trying to see if a tube is good or bad, then this one works for me. -
The Service Bench
This is where it all happens. I service all my radios from this bench. That is an Atwater Kent Model 20C radio currently undergoing testing. All five tubes tested, are good. -
The Service Bench
Dirty hands in the test equipment calibration room. (Ralph VE3XRM) -
Thomas412
(2005) 1940 Reproduction - Transistor AM/FM Radio. -
Wega
(1950s) -
WestinghouseW684-A
(1942) -
Westinghouse809
(1982) Triode Tube -
WestinghouseW577-A
(1938) Very nice radio with all good tubes. The cabinet looks like it was refinished at some time, has no shine. I justed waxed it. -
WestonNo.1
(1910) -
X-PlaneXHE1B3SDW2
(2006) XHE Aurora X-Plane 3D Model -
Yaesu Musen Co. Ltd.FRT-7700
(1979) Passive Antenna Tuner -
Yaesu Musen Co. Ltd.FRG-7000
(1979) This is my favortie radio for general program listening. Audio output is very good. Triple conversion receiver using the Barlow-Wadley loop design covering 250kHz-29.999MHz. (red controls) -
Yaesu Musen Co. Ltd.FRG-7000
(1980) Similar my other receiver covering 250kHz-29.999MHz. Though this one is modified with narrow AM filters and a different front end RF transistor. Will change the lamps to LED. (black controls)
Philips B7X44A/03 (1965)
I don't collect radios that are rare or in mint condition. I collect radios because I love to hear signals received by them. What you will find here is just a few of my radios, from ultra-modern to old and cranky. It doesn't matter what makes to go, tube or transistor, just as long as it can receive an electromagnetic signal.
All the photographs are personally shot by me (Ralph VE3XRM). (OK, I did photoshop most of them, mainly to control the size and touch up poor lighting.)
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