Quote Originally Posted by n2ize View Post
Okay, here are a couple of old things right in my immediate sight that work...

1) Johnson Viking transmitter... (57 years old and still reliable).
2) HT-44 receiver (1960's ? still functional).
3) General Electric Oscillating fan (vintage 1932... ...78 years old...still runs like new...runs for hours every day in summer).
4) Diehl Junior oscillating fan (vintage 1950... still reliable...quiet...runs all night on hot nights)
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Thats just whats in immediate sight. Plenty of other old working stuff around.
Not even going to talk about some of the vintage stuff I have or have had. Except the Johnson Viking. The Viking Challenger was my first rig. That and an old Heathkit super-regen SW receiver. I made a lot of contacts with those two radios. For the longest time I had a single crystal, 7.129. A single crystal, a Viking Challenger and a straight key. It was 13 year old geek heaven.