John’s Cellpic Sunday
FOWC: Band
A collection of Bakelite radios. No fancy choice of AM/FM on these beauties, just the AM band.
Just Turn Up Your Radio
Heard it first (on the radio)
John’s Cellpic Sunday
FOWC: Band
A collection of Bakelite radios. No fancy choice of AM/FM on these beauties, just the AM band.
Just Turn Up Your Radio
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That’s great Marleen đ A classic Australian band
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A fabulous classic from the “Masters” Brian … đľđ
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Thanks Ivor đ
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Your photo brought back many memories. As a college student, I worked in a TV and Radio repair shop in a small town in southern Minnesota. Farmers and their families would bring in their Bakelite radios and I would find and replace the bad tube. Occasionally, I’d replace a leaky capacitor. There was a definite transition from the original 8-pin metal tubes to the glass 7- and 9-pin tubes as technology advanced through the years. Eventually FM was added and tubes replaced by transistors.
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Repair man came to our house and replaced tubes in radios and TV’s and do other stuff. It was not fair as I had to stay out of the mans way when I wanted to see what he did
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There were many little boys who wanted to help me when I was crouching behind their big console TV in the living room. Sometimes, if they were old enough, I’d ask for a 6GH8 in my tube supply box. Sorted in numeric order, it was easy to find the correct tubes in nicely labeled RCA boxes in my tube caddy. After college, I worked in that shop as a communications and TV repairman for about six years.
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That’s lovely of you to make a kids day
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Nice display of radios. My radio sits in my kitchen but never gets used, the only time I listen is when driving.
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My kitchen radio and coffee machine don’t get on, the radio is static. I use it when there’s no power or floods. A little battery radio is a lifeline out here in emergencies
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I can imagine. đ
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A shelf of nostalgia. đ. Bakelite always makes me think of an oven.
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They are so good Janet. I can see your reason đ
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Oh arenât those radios fabâŚ.nostalgia in spades
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It is a great collection with so much nostalgia
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What gems!
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They are classics
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Those are classics for sure.
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Very cool – I had a cream-colored one many years ago.
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The coloured ones sell for more than the basic brown bakelite
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I wonder what happened to ours – maybe a tube caused it to malfunction I believe. It was passed on to me from my mom, along with her Baby Brownie camera when I was young.
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I hope you didn’t toss it in the garbage
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I did, but it was a long time ago – decades ago. Probably should have saved it though, even if it didn’t work.
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Probably. I loved my Nans mantle radio. Not allowed to touch it added to the mystic
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We should have kept that radio, even if just for a vintage piece. My first radio I actually used was a transistor radio with a pink earphone for just one. I think it was a Christmas present. First song listened to: “MacArthur Park” by Richard Harris. My mother said “well, that song makes no sense Linda – this is why the radio comes with an earphone, so YOU can listen to it, not us.” Mom didn’t mince words. đ
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