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I like fancy old radios. Not sure why, I don't have any, and I certainly don't want one. I never listen to the radio around the house, and I sure don't need any more stuff. I think maybe I just like the idea of old radios. A hundred years ago, home radios receivers didn't exist, then they did and then everybody had one and now they're a default feature on any stereo system. In the 20th century it was radios, in the 21st century it's smartphones. I wonder how fast dead cell phones are accumulating. In a zillion years are geologists going to discover a layer in the ground of smushed cell-phones?
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I've had a couple of 1950s and60s shortwaves. Without a good antenna, mehh,, but with a little time and effort, listening to stations as far as China is common. And they have English hour. I tired of hunting people who could repair them. The cost of freight became prohibitive. Like some women, fun,entertaining, but cost prohibitive
Hi Perg.!!,
Back when I was a kid..late 1940's into the late 50's.. my Dad was Chief Engineer on the SS MAYA (United Fruit Co.) and when he got a new radio for his cabin the old one came home to me.. Old Hallicrafter shortwave/longwave!! Man on good nights I would work those dials and picked up all kinds of stuff!! ... tried copying guys sending morse code (Slowly!!) but it was tough!!! All those radio's had "TUBES!!" they glowed orange and transistor's were still a few years away!!! Good Times!! skybill
I am now 80. As a teenager I used to build my own radios and listen to stations around the world ;-)
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