This article is titled , "How to breath New Life into a 1950's AM/FM radio". It should really be titled "How to DESTROY a 1950's AM/FM Radio".
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Breathe_New_Life_Into_a_1950s_AM/FM_Radio
This article is titled , "How to breath New Life into a 1950's AM/FM radio". It should really be titled "How to DESTROY a 1950's AM/FM Radio".
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Breathe_New_Life_Into_a_1950s_AM/FM_Radio
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What a waste of time. Probably would have been a lot quicker to fix the tube set, and cheaper, too, with a little creative parts scrounging.
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Well, it's from Wired. They're desperately trying to remain relevant by chasing after the "maker" movement that's been growing among a segment of younger folks over the past few years. Unfortunately for them, they have no one on staff who really understands it. I was given a recent issue of the magazine; it had "How To Make Stuff" splashed across the cover in large letters but when I turned to that section, it concentrated on stuff like rapid prototyping machines that cost thousands of dollars rather than on realistic techniques for actually making anything.
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All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
That article wasn't about "restoring" a clasic radio. It was about disembowling it and making the case a front for a cheap Radio Shack radio.
That's not restoration. That's raping and pillaging.
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[SlimPickens]But I'll bet they whopped and whooped on that radio purty good![/SlimPickens]Originally Posted by W3WN
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
And it would sound a lot better. What a Rube Goldbergish piece of crap.
Not surprising considering who wrote the article.
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Oblivion ???
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Damn what a shame! Anyone who would subject a piece of vintage gear to a hack job like that should be keelhauled..
The trouble with restoring a vintage AM/FM radio, and, for that matter short wave receiver, is that no matter how good a job you do, it's NEVER going to sould like it did back in the day. Unless you're fortunate enough to pick up an LDE of, say, Jean Sheapard or Chuck Greer or Imus when he was funny.
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