I think that back in the days of tubes and no solid state things life was
a bit simpler when it came to radios and other technology.  I don't have
too much experience with tube type radios, except for my grandparent's old
Silver Fox I think it is stereo system.  It was this big wooden thing and
the top slid from left to right, and on the inside there was a radio and
record player.  The tubes on that always glowed like an orange white
color, and I remember my grandfather getting upset when it was left on
because the tubes would over heat.  Like I posted last night about my
Phisher unit I  like older technology, and there is some kind of magic in
having it.





On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Howard Kaufman wrote:

> Isn't it interesting thhat one breath of a mention about an old radio
> brings out many many loving comments about old radios.  But never the same
> reaction to a didgital or solid state radio.  Or as I think of it, not to a
> ssb radio.
> How many people are pationate about their first icom 735 or ts430?  I think
> it is something about tubes but I am wondering.  Remember the swan 350 and
> the ncx3's.  At the bottom of the sunspot cycle in the 60's companies made
> radios that went no higher than 20 meters.
> Speaking of that, anybody use the hw12, 32, or 22?
> I have seen guys modify the hw12's and make them into 160 meter single
> banders.
>
> Howard
>