My parents bought me a Hallicrafters S-38C receiver for Christmas in 1953. I was 12. I got my novice ham radio license in 1956. Been licensed ever since as K2QPN.
I got one of these for Christmas as a kid. I added an power supply (filter caps stuffed into the battery compartment), signal-strength meter (poked around with my Olsson's VOM until I found the AGC signal), and a trimmer with a Radioshack vernier dial for the oscillator. It was a good learning experience, although I was still envious of my best friend whose family had an SB-310.
Phenolic PCB's, with either tubes or transistors, my teenage years. I remember when transistor radios would be sold with a couple of dead transistors soldered to the bd so they could call a 7 transistor radio a "9 transistor" radio.
Thank you so much for taking the time to tell the story of the Unelco I got my first receiver on Christmas at 8-9, an SR-22R and an isolation transformer. I can't remember anything about the Unelco very interesting and your review of the circuit peaked my interest. WW-II Military surplus was my godsend in those days.
I made the mistake of asking for a QSL from Radio China. Soon I was receiving all kinds of magazines and literature with pretty Chinese girls on tractors!
Thank you for the great video. I lived in a small provincial city in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s. I wanted to build my own radio back then, but the electronic parts store in my town only had those slow germanium transistors. I have memories of wanting those high performance 2SC372 and 2SC373 used in magazine articles.
This reminds me of the transistor BC, SW tuner board assembly, I bought back in the later '60s from Lafayette. All it needed was to hook up a 9v battery and an audio amplifier to have a 2 band AM radio.
I impressed with this Radio,I love Radio Circuits and listening.
Very odd to see a transistor radio with plug in coils! It was fun.
My parents bought me a Hallicrafters S-38C receiver for Christmas in 1953. I was 12. I got my novice ham radio license in 1956. Been licensed ever since as K2QPN.
Ah, yes, the S38 series was a real starter radio for any kid!
I got one of these for Christmas as a kid. I added an power supply (filter caps stuffed into the battery compartment), signal-strength meter (poked around with my Olsson's VOM until I found the AGC signal), and a trimmer with a Radioshack vernier dial for the oscillator. It was a good learning experience, although I was still envious of my best friend whose family had an SB-310.
It was so tempting to try to improve the little radio. My BFO mod was a big deal for me!
I have really been enjoyinng this set of videos on crystal through transistor radios. Thank you!
Phenolic PCB's, with either tubes or transistors, my teenage years. I remember when transistor radios would be sold with a couple of dead transistors soldered to the bd so they could call a 7 transistor radio a "9 transistor" radio.
Plenty of "bad" transistors played their little part in sales! Onboard Spares? Its a feature.
Thank you so much for taking the time to tell the story of the Unelco
I got my first receiver on Christmas at 8-9, an SR-22R and an isolation transformer. I can't remember anything about the Unelco very interesting and your review of the circuit peaked my interest. WW-II Military surplus was my godsend in those days.
Yes my first was a dropped off tank receiver that covered 2- 6 MHz and the whole range was covered with exciting signals.
That would be such a cool present for a 60s/70s kid! Imagine the dial filled with foreign and mysterious signals, luring you into the future.
I made the mistake of asking for a QSL from Radio China. Soon I was receiving all kinds of magazines and literature with pretty Chinese girls on tractors!
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Thank you for the great video. I lived in a small provincial city in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s. I wanted to build my own radio back then, but the electronic parts store in my town only had those slow germanium transistors. I have memories of wanting those high performance 2SC372 and 2SC373 used in magazine articles.
This reminds me of the transistor BC, SW tuner board assembly, I bought back in the later '60s from Lafayette. All it needed was to hook up a 9v battery and an audio amplifier to have a 2 band AM radio.
Lots of brown PCBs with parts that looked like this in that era from 1965 to 1985.
👍 Very nice Mike. Thanks for sharing.
Man I would've traded my little brother for that radio had I known about it! But then, I would've traded him for PB&J sammich, too. 😄
I want to see a video about the walkie talkie base station!
Great video! Thanks!
a great fine tnx mike kg6mn
Great Video! I can't wait until you work on the GE transceiver.
Yes and mine needs work.
You allowed no comments on the video but now OK?
Can you turn a receiver upside down to transmit?
Never push a button on UA-cam unless you know why it is there! Lesson Learned.
73's🎙KD9OAM🎧📻
I had one got it for Christmas 1972 KE4EZ