Back To (Old) School

[TwentyTwo-Zero]

Dug my old Cam88 out of the closet awhile back and finally got around to retubing it this past weekend. I bought this radio off my Uncle back in the late 70's and it is the first base radio I ever owned. Recently picked up an old Eagle 500 from one of the locals and decided to set up an "old school" all tube station just for giggles and grins. Been talking on it for a couple of days now and getting all kinds of (unsolicited) comments on how good it sounds. Many are surprised when I tell them that I'm talking on a 30+ year old radio. :D

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[ww228kidd]

cool...i like it.. now if i can find a good tram or johnson...

[TwentyTwo-Zero]

lol...yeah, I've got a few other "oldie but goodies" packed away, but with a 7 year old running in and out of the radio room I just can't bring myself to putting them inline...

[outlawmobile]

Around here there are a bunch of locals who have what they call The Classic Radio Roundup.They all get together on I think its a Wednesday night and break out the old school stuff.I only listen as I respect their wanting to keep it all old school and certainly nothing I have would pass that criteria Its cool to hear the old Trams and DAKS and Regencies and the like on the airwaves and sounding choice.Some day when I get out of town living and can set up a descent base I will most definitely be looking to put together an old school setup to play around with once in a while.HMMMMMM..........Hows a set of Browning Golden eagles backed up by an old Varmint tube amp sound????????Shawn

[4 cycle]

You should not be surprised about the comments you get,now you are using real radios!!!

[TwentyTwo-Zero]

I listen to "The Classic Radio Roundup" via the link on the forum on occasion. Though I'm sure that the audio quality sounds much better live, it is nice to hear some of the older radios still filling the airwaves. With the exception of a couple others, most around here are running newer gear. I usually run newer gear as well, but thought it would be nice to dig out a few of the old tube rigs and blow the dust off them. Last month it was the Dak IX...next week...??? I think the Golden Eagle/Varmit combo would be awesome!

[4 cycle]

All the stuff I use is the old stuff, Johnson Messenger 223 and A Johnson Messenger Viking 430 for 40 channels!! Now sit down and hold on tight in my car I use either a GE help radio or a Midland 75-822 hooked to a LIL WILL antenna and some times running through a palomar 250 and they work just fine!! Hope you dont hurt your selves laughing!!

[outlawmobile]

All the stuff I use is the old stuff, Johnson Messenger 223 and A Johnson Messenger Viking 430 for 40 channels!! Now sit down and hold on tight in my car I use either a GE help radio or a Midland 75-822 hooked to a LIL WILL antenna and some times running through a palomar 250 and they work just fine!! Hope you dont hurt your selves laughing!!

LOL...That rite there is called makin the best of what you got.Aint nothin wrong with that Shawn

[4 cycle]

I just refuse to be taken in by this MAKE BELIEVE BULLSH@@# WORLD we live in today!! :D

[4 cycle]

Has nothing to do with making do with what you got !!!

[DX4fun]

Well, I can admit I am making do with what I got. However, I do not feel there is anything wrong with what I got except its not new. I have found I can talk to just about any place I want with my "old" equipment. Today no one "works" the stations they just try to over power their way through.

[928bolo]

Dug my old Cam88 out of the closet awhile back and finally got around to retubing it this past weekend. I bought this radio off my Uncle back in the late 70's and it is the first base radio I ever owned. Recently picked up an old Eagle 500 from one of the locals and decided to set up an "old school" all tube station just for giggles and grins. Been talking on it for a couple of days now and getting all kinds of (unsolicited) comments on how good it sounds. Many are surprised when I tell them that I'm talking on a 30+ year old radio. :D

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The Eagle is a perfect paring for that radio. Is that mic a Turner 454C?

[busman]

that is a fine lookin set up you got there 22-0. nothing wrong with old school.

[TwentyTwo-Zero]

The Eagle is a perfect paring for that radio. Is that mic a Turner 454C?

I'm pretty sure it's a Turner, but haven't been able to find any identifying marks on it. The round center piece on the grill is blank, and no lettering on the front of the ptt switch. It's four wire, non-amplified and has a cutout in the bottom plate for a slide switch, but one was never installed in it. It's the same mic that came with the radio when I bought it from my Uncle...

that is a fine lookin set up you got there 22-0. nothing wrong with old school.

lol...it just depends on what part of the room you look at. On one side you see the Cam88, Dak IX, Excalibur SSB and the Cobra 2000GTL. Turn your head and you see the RCI 2995DX, 2980WX and the Cobra 200GTLDX...plus a couple other "goodies"...

[Buckshot]

Can't beat an old good sounding radio, the good old days