Presentation on the Crosley PUP During the 2023 March monthly meeting Rick Slater followed up his February meeting about regenerative radios with a presentation on the famous Crosley PUP. Rick did an excellent job presenting (as usual) and you can find his presentation at the link below. Presentation If you don’t attend our monthly Read more about March 2023 The Crosley PUP[…]
Armstrong / Borden Regenerative Radio Kit Theory Presentation During the February 25th, 2023 monthly meeting Rick Slater put on a very informative presentation about regenerative radios. Rick led an excellent discussion on the theory of grid leak detectors and regeneration. All enjoyed the presentation and here you can find a link to it online. Presentation Read more about Regenerative Radio Theory Presentation[…]
2022 ANNUAL CONVENTION REPORT By Lewis Brittain The 2022 Annual Convention was HVRA’s premier event for the year. It was a two and a half day event held at the Houston Marriott North, as it has been held for several previous years. Generally the service has been excellent, and they certainly didn’t let us down Read more about 2022 ANNUAL CONVENTION REPORT[…]
Turn Table Hard Knocks by Tom Taylor So you have a couple of rough repairs under your belt and your feeling good about yourself THEN along comes a customer’s ’55 RCA record player (changer) packaged in a mini console with what forums say is cherry colored mahogany. You take it because it seems manageable and Read more about Turn Table Hard Knocks[…]
A RAINY SATURDAY, HALF A LIFETIME AGO BY DAVE HERLINGER I just came back from the garage, rummaging around in file drawers full of old tubes, wires, transformers, and buried deep inside, I found something I hadn’t seen since retiring from teaching high school physics 6 years ago. A bunch of rusty nails, a couple Read more about A RAINY SATURDAY, HALF A LIFETIME AGO[…]
Lazy Man’s Guide to Radio Refinishing Follow this Link to View the Video on Facebook DISCLAIMER: In this summary and the program I have prepared for HVRA’s May 30, 2020 meeting, I set forth MY methods for sprucing up radios including wood, plastic and even metal. THERE ARE MANY OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT YOU CAN Read more about Lazy Man’s Guide to Radio Refinishing[…]
2020 ANNUAL CONVENTION REPORT by Jerry Sirkin Our 2020 Annual Convention and Auction was a 2-1/2 day event this year and, as in past years, held at the Marriott North Hotel. We had a great turn-out as members bid on approximately 550 lots, split just about equally over the Friday and Saturday auctions. Our records Read more about 2020 ANNUAL CONVENTION REPORT[…]
HQ-180: A Big Noise Problem Means Drain the Swamp By Tom Taylor About the time of the Chevrolet 409/427 engine, when the Shiffons and the Beach Boys played on your car dial and NASA’s Mercury program enthralled the public, there was an 18 tube receiver by Hammarlund known as the HQ-180 which could be Read more about HQ-180: A Big Noise Problem Means Drain the Swamp[…]
HVRA TEXAS CITY MEGA AUCTION JULY 7, 2018 RECAP and OBSERVATIONS BY JERRY SIRKIN (VP) Well if you’re like me, after 40+ years of collecting vintage radios, there’s always another good deal somewhere. That feeling was shared among 60 registered participants for our 2018 Annual Mega Auction. We had 35 HVRA registered members present and Read more about 2018 July Mega Auction in Texas City Results[…]
THE SODION TUBE: Scamming Around the De Forest Patents by Ron Soyland Editor: Lee de Forest is one of the great four founders of radio. His Audion tube moved radio forward by leaps and bounds. Ron Soyland here describes one of the unfortunate offshoots of deForest’s success! Back in the early days of radio there Read more about THE SODION TUBE: Scamming Around the De Forest Patents[…]