03-14-2010, 09:06 PM
Since you told that story I'll tell mine since it is similar.
I was contacted by an old feller in England about refurbing a 37-60. He was in his 70s and had spotted a decrepit 37-60 on ebay and it was something he recalled from his early days and had to have. He had never touched a radio before so it was a 100% new learning experience. He re-veneered the ruined photo-finish, borrowed a digital camera and voltmeter (neither of which he had ever used before) and we were able to restore his radio via several months of email. Pictures and drawings indeed are worth 1000 words.
Anyway, his BCB coil was open so I sent him the one out of my radio. He sent me his defective one so I could repair it but it got lost in the shack clutter. I had been meaning to try a toroid on one of these sets so that gave me the opportunity. Wasn't difficult at all to rig up.
After all was said and done he wasn't terribly thrilled with what little could be found on AM-BC radio in the UK. Especially in a rural area. So I then sent him one of those little toy broadcasters that were so popular a few years ago and a batch of old OTR cassettes. Man, he was in heaven. I haven't heard back from him over the years. Last contact he was restoring an old telephone
It was one of my better old radio experiences and goes to show that with enough tenacity old radios aren't insurmountable even for a novice.
-Bill
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I was contacted by an old feller in England about refurbing a 37-60. He was in his 70s and had spotted a decrepit 37-60 on ebay and it was something he recalled from his early days and had to have. He had never touched a radio before so it was a 100% new learning experience. He re-veneered the ruined photo-finish, borrowed a digital camera and voltmeter (neither of which he had ever used before) and we were able to restore his radio via several months of email. Pictures and drawings indeed are worth 1000 words.
Anyway, his BCB coil was open so I sent him the one out of my radio. He sent me his defective one so I could repair it but it got lost in the shack clutter. I had been meaning to try a toroid on one of these sets so that gave me the opportunity. Wasn't difficult at all to rig up.
After all was said and done he wasn't terribly thrilled with what little could be found on AM-BC radio in the UK. Especially in a rural area. So I then sent him one of those little toy broadcasters that were so popular a few years ago and a batch of old OTR cassettes. Man, he was in heaven. I haven't heard back from him over the years. Last contact he was restoring an old telephone
It was one of my better old radio experiences and goes to show that with enough tenacity old radios aren't insurmountable even for a novice.
-Bill
Note from site admin: Sorry, but the photos which were attached to this post are no longer available.
