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Wow, Scott
That is cool, great hobby you got there
Did you ever get into CB Radios, Ham Radios. Scanners type of hobby?
I ask cause I have been wanting to get into scanners, cbs, but dont know anything about them.
Huck
Huck, THe only CB I have is the one in my truck. I have thought about the hams, I have always wanted to get an old Halicrafter set or two. I can listen to the Hams on most of my old radios as the most all have short and medium wave bands. My old Zenith Transoceanics all have 6 medium and short wave bands. I can pic stuff up from all over the world with these 50+ year old radios.
Also they had novelty radios. If you look in pic 2 there is a brown radio sitting on top of a floor model at the right. You see the speaker grill is offset to the left. That is called a "Smokerette" It is a radio with a humidor, 2 tobacco tins, holders for pipes, and an ashtray. Same company made a "Bar-radio" It came with flasks and whiskey glasses. They also made "Chair-side" raios. They were a small floor model that sat beside your chair like an end table. You could tune your radio while sitting in your easy chair. I have quite a few of these, i think they are so neat. Another neat radio is the "Pillow speaker radio". It was mainly used in hospitals and motels. It was coin operated. It mounted on the headboard. It has a small speaker on an extension cord that you put under your pillow. It is coin operated and so the more dimes you put in the longer it would play. Kind of like the sleep mode on your clock radio. The dial is upside down so that while you are laying in bed it is right side up. I could go on but I better not. If you want to know more just ask. Scott