Show us your shortwave set(s)
 

Would love to see what you folks are using for SWL. Not nessessarily just antique stuff but this needs to go in some forum :)

I'll Start with mine.

1929 Pilot Super Wasp - Need to aquire a few more coils and I'll start the restoration on this one.


1941 Zenith Transoceanic 7G605 Sailboat


Now lets see yours :)

Steve

targeteye.......Wow, the ol' 1941 Zenith Transoceanic 7G605 Sailboat is a beauty. My shortwave is the JRC NRD-525. The bottom radio is a VHF/UHF Icom IC-R7000. My stuff isn't as old, but I sure enjoy listening.

Wow. Those are some cool old receivers you got there!, especially that Pilot Super Wasp! Is that a battery only rig or can you run it on regular AC?

Well, here's my 2 rigs.
First is the Hammarlund HQ145X

And the National NC125. (Taken just before I recapped it last spring. I'd let you see a "now in service" pic, but my wife has the cam today)

One of these years I'll scratch up enough scratch to drop on a restored R390 or 390A which will end my collection. I mean, what could possibly top that one??

dang, some very nice radios.

I sure hope Sandy chimes in.

I doubt if y'all would want to see my SW radios- nothing older than mid eighties. Sold my only looker, a Halli SX-71, recently :(

My best, a 1946 Scott 800B, handles 6-16 mc. Two stage IF, 3 position selectable IF bandwidth, RF amp, 24 tubes total (if the pics come out in the wrong order, its the one in the nice wooden cabinet)

The Philco 39-116, two bands 1.8 mc-5.5 mc, 5.5-18 mc, single IF, RF amp. 13 tubes total, but 5 are used for the remote control stuff. Its long since been re-assembled, but this is a pic of the chassis while it was on the bench last winter.

I also have a Hammarlund HQ-170 that I seldom use. Its not a general coverage set, and the BFO is a little unstable on it so its really annoying to actually use. All I get is amateur radio traffic, and since most of that is SSB its a real chore to listen to since the BFO floats and wanders. Its probably an easy fix, but I just haven't gotten around to it. I really wish it was a GC set, its a great radio with excellent sensitivity and selectivity.

Oh, man! What'd you go and get rid of your Halli for? Well, I can't be too hard on ya: back when I was a stupid youngster, I had a '71 and a bought brand new DX 160A and (I still can't believe it...that I sold it) a mint condition ANG/RR5 with power supply. I sold them all to buy drum equipment when I became a working musician. I still cringe at the thought of letting the Angry-5 go. Ah. well... live and learn!

Here are a couple of my Drake's

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...15thisoneM.jpg

Also have a few of these R390A's, never know when you need a backup. Oh by the way, the meters are a bit radioactive!

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/DSC01650.jpg

Also have some older Collins receivers and some newer Kenwood.

Good grief, I'd have to choke up all of AK's bandwidth...and I don't have a quarter of what Unca Sandy's got!

Here's some I've already taken pics of:

Just a random comment here... IF I could find one in grade-A condition, I'd like to have (mainly for novelty's sake) a McKay-Dymek DR33. I understand that those multi-position tuning switches were pretty much garbage and they are now made of 100% unobtanium.

I don't have any impressive ones :-( Here are a couple that I happen to have handy photos of.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...plus/S-120.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...7/P9180001.jpg

A few more kicking around downstairs in various states of dishabille, but nothing really much nicer than the two above.

Someday, someday...

Oh, I dunno... drums are cool. I think you did a lot better than I did, which was pay some bills :(

Mhardy,

I like that old Heathkit, looks in really good shape.

Fisherdude,

Love that old Hammarlund HQ-180, had one on loan from a friend back in High School. Got me hooked on SW radios.

Steve,

The "1941 Zenith Transoceanic 7G605 Sailboat" Love the stitching on the speaker grill. Very Cool Radio!

Gaget73,

"1946 Scott 800B" That cabinet looks brand new! Beautiful piece.