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Post by crazybob on Mar 20, 2011 20:28:25 GMT -5
test of time? ..What radio do you think bests takes a lickin' & keeps on tickin' ". I've had this old Lafayette Comstat 25A inj a radio junk pile for years. Last night I put a in new EL84 (6BQ5) final & one crystal (23.240). Sprayed half a can of DeoxIt onto the realay & chan. selector. I wired up a TUG 8 mic, & plugged in a Relistic EX. speaker. I talked to California all day on 26.915 MHz. ..This thing refuses to die! I also have an old Cobra 138 mobile that is twice as heavy as any 148 from today.  |
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Post by rifleman on Mar 20, 2011 22:52:16 GMT -5
Yes, the old Lafayette tube sets were great....
I still have a couple of Comstat 35's around here....
But as far as standing the test of time, the FS series from Sonar has it all.
Built like tanks, no real heat problems, ease of repair, and still sound great.
Can't beat that with a stick !!!
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Post by Sandbagger on Mar 21, 2011 7:10:48 GMT -5
test of time? ..What radio do you think bests takes a lickin' & keeps on tickin' ". I've had this old Lafayette Comstat 25A inj a radio junk pile for years. Last night I put a in new EL84 (6BQ5) final & one crystal (23.240). Sprayed half a can of DeoxIt onto the realay & chan. selector. I wired up a TUG 8 mic, & plugged in a Relistic EX. speaker. I talked to California all day on 26.915 MHz. ..This thing refuses to die! I also have an old Cobra 138 mobile that is twice as heavy as any 148 from today. Just be careful of those .1uF non-polarized electrolytics. They tend to explode like firecrackers. A common problem in those Panasonic chassis tube rigs. My very first base radio was a Comstat 25 and I still have it. 37 years later and it's still working, although I've had to replace some parts (including those aforementioned caps). |
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Post by bluebird on Mar 21, 2011 16:35:35 GMT -5
i have the wholw line of laffing idiots as we old timers called them and a couple of courier black face 23's that still work great ;D
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Post by rifleman on Mar 25, 2011 14:48:00 GMT -5
I never had a problem with those caps in my Lafayettes.....
But I sure smoked a lot of 6BQ5's running those Demco's on them. LOL !!!
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Post by Sandbagger on Mar 25, 2011 18:41:11 GMT -5
I never had a problem with those caps in my Lafayettes..... But I sure smoked a lot of 6BQ5's running those Demco's on them. LOL !!! I didn't have problems with the caps back in the day, but after 40 years have gone by, they start to go pop. I got lucky in that the .1 uF cap that couples the -82V supply in my Comstat opened instead of shorted. Other locals were not as lucky.... |
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Post by gator7 on Jun 5, 2011 7:31:53 GMT -5
We had so many great tube radios in the late 60's and early 70's.
Mine was a Courier 23. I also had a Courier 12, and a Courier 1M. Now that was a beast.
But i need to mention the Johnson equipment, Sonar's, Knight. Buddy, Demco. And of course The MK II & III. Lets not forget the Tram Titan's.
I know I missed some great old rigs. But these are the best that I know of.
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Post by cbrown on Jun 6, 2011 8:36:28 GMT -5
Hy-gain 623. Still wish I had it. Great audio, fantastic receiver with great adjacent channel rejection (very important back in 1976), a very linear and accurate S meter.
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