Vintage Radio Collection  - Page 1
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author: Homer J Simpson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2016, 02:04:29 pm
content: This is long and slow paced but if you are into the older stuff, tubes, early radio history it is a good watch.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2016, 04:57:33 pm
content: I'm in an antique electronics club. I see this all the time.

author: strangersound
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2016, 05:17:17 pm
content: That was great! I was anticipating this when it was suggested in the prior video. That RCA Victor has to be the best unboxing video on YouTube,. In term of sheer historical value, at the least. And it was a beauty. The big Philco by the wall was a stunner. The cabinet and styling are superb. That's nice piece of furniture, even if the radio doesn't work.One idea I had from their discussion was a cool thing to do would be to install a carrier current AM system in their house, if they're into old radios, to broadcast AM, but with a personal choice in programming. You could be spinning your turntable or your Ipod and feed it into the rest of the house, via vintage radios. This could be done in a number of ways, and maybe the market has some ways to implement this with FM or a digital/FM hybrid. It would be cooler than wiring your house with an intercom, although some of those vintage intercoms you saw in homes back in the old days had a charm of their own. But you get the point. If you're a big 80's fan, doing it in FM and then having different vintage boomboxes in every room would be a possibility.Good video, though. Got my wheels turning and had me looking up carrier current AM, which is very interesting. Wikipedia had this choice nugget:"PredecessorIn the 1920s, Wired Radio's subscription music service was delivered over electrical power lines, and billed for on the customer's electric bill. As AM broadcasting improved and grew, its business model, in which content is supported by advertising rather than subscriber fees, destroyed the home market for this service. In 1934, its owner created the Muzak company, focused on the business market."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_current

author: System Error Message
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2016, 12:25:03 am
content: Having a museum of older electronics that can be inspected is actually helpful for those learning EEE.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2016, 02:18:18 am
content: Quote from: System Error Message on September 28, 2016, 12:25:03 amMember of two of those as well. If anyone lives near Baltimore or Bowie, Maryland, USA, come check them out. Both have working demonstrations and interactive exibits. (Not a curator of either, just a museum club member, so not self-promotion)https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.nationalelectronicsmuseum.org/&ved=0ahUKEwjB77Sn_bDPAhXDdj4KHeKmCOoQFgitATAY&usg=AFQjCNHCQOH7j5zUq4qMZt70T4TZJekBJAhttps://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://ncrtv.org/&ved=0ahUKEwjdkMvn_rDPAhUEHT4KHbwdCQ4QFgizATAV&usg=AFQjCNHsFVZeG-oPHX9X84lVUiXxtWNDMg