04-19-2012, 12:56 PM
A person from a Russian Antique radio restoration forum contacted me today (he's in Ukraine) and offered to supply me with old Soviet models should I ever want one.
He also offered possible exchanges.
He himself is interested in American old tube technology and parts.
He seems like a decent fellow, being also a moderator of that website and the forum.
If anyone interested, I can connect you.
Myself, I plan on acquiring few, at some point, when done with mu current projects.
BTW all old Soviet radios have 110V-127V-220V switch so they should be OK working here. Our frequency is different (60Hz vs their 50Hz) but the higher frequency should be OK, I think, and in rare cases where it is not, the adjustments are easy to make.
PS. Believe it or not (some folks might think they had one model for everybody) they had probably more than a hundred over the years. Some may even look strangely familiar.....many of them were if not copied off of, then inspired by American radios.
He also offered possible exchanges.
He himself is interested in American old tube technology and parts.
He seems like a decent fellow, being also a moderator of that website and the forum.
If anyone interested, I can connect you.
Myself, I plan on acquiring few, at some point, when done with mu current projects.
BTW all old Soviet radios have 110V-127V-220V switch so they should be OK working here. Our frequency is different (60Hz vs their 50Hz) but the higher frequency should be OK, I think, and in rare cases where it is not, the adjustments are easy to make.
PS. Believe it or not (some folks might think they had one model for everybody) they had probably more than a hundred over the years. Some may even look strangely familiar.....many of them were if not copied off of, then inspired by American radios.
