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VINTAGE RADIO

Personal relationships may come and go but the memories of that one special love affair lasts forever. As with dewy eyes and scarcely concealed emotion one recalls that all time favourite receiver. The long hours spent hunched over warm glowing valves, caressing the tuning knob deep into the night, until finally you got ‘Old Reliable’ to pull that illusive contact out of the QRN. Now that is the type of true friend we should all cherish!

Thus follows an ocasional series from our members about one or more memorable receivers they have built, owned, dumped or just used as a doorstop in the shack!

My Favourite Receiver

Jack G4TVC remembers his ‘Rambler’,
a look-a-like Mullard 3-3 and many more . . . . .

The BC453 plus Receiver Type 78
By Derek, G3GRO

Lost in the clouds with the BC453
By Lech G3KAU

Receivers That I Have Lived With
By Brian G0IOE

Look . . . no valves, no semiconductors!
No it’s not done by mirrors it’s a very clever electro mechanical receiver - Jim Moritz M0BMU

Anecdotal escapades, Civil and Military
By Brian G0IOE

More Vintage Stuff

The Famous EF50 Valve of WWII
By Keith Thrower OBE

Vintage Links

VMARS The Vintage and Military Amateur Radio Society Colin G4DDI maintains this excellent site and if you are interested in Vintage Radio then it’s well worth a look. He also hosts a very good Vintage Links page himself.

Marconi Collection

A remarkable resource and everything you could possible imagine in connection with this great man of radio. Please allow plenty of time to browse the site because once you arrive you will have great trouble getting away again HI!

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