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  1. This is the most recent additon to my military radio collection. It's a Marconi CSR-5 that has been re-branded as a CSR-5A but only the front bezel was replaced. The rest of the chassis is original. I just finished replacing all the wax/paper capacitors and filters. I have the original AC/DC power supply but don't plan to use it. I'm going to build one for it as witih the original which uses a "vibrator" to oscillate the DC voltage before stepping it up to 120VAC from 12VDC have a tendency to short causing the power transfomer primary winding to overheat and go open. I'll build an AC only power supply from parts gathered from my scrap heap. I have a complete set of new old stock tubes ready to be installed and it'll be set for it's first power up in several decades of being in limbo since being de-commissioned. More information on the Marconi CSR-5 and CSR-5A sets can be found here: http://www.jproc.ca/marconi/csr5a.html
  2. this is what happens when law enforcement is not held to account (two tier justice) become militarized and politicians pass nanny state (dictorship) laws inteferring with personal and parental autonomy. "to serve and protect" each other and the corrupt elite
  3. if only our governments understood that concept nan....
  4. better to be super k than special k
  5. Can I give the bugs I find to cyniq??
  6. TV_Tech

    EH!!

    LOL!! it's bad and expensive...
  7. Midnight Pasta Ingredients ½ pound spaghetti Salt 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 4 garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped 4 anchovy filets, rinsed and roughly chopped 1 tablespoon capers, rinsed and roughly chopped ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, optional Parmesan for grating, optional Preparation Put the spaghetti in a large pot of well-salted rapidly boiling water and cook only until firmly al dente. (Depending on the brand of pasta, this will be 8 to 10 minutes, but check frequently to see. ) While the pasta is cooking, warm the olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for about 1 minute, without letting it brown. Stir in the anchovies, capers and red pepper and cook for a half-minute more, then turn off the heat. Drain the pasta and return it to the pot. Pour in the garlic mixture, add the parsley, if using, and toss well to coat. Serve with grated Parmesan if desired.
  8. Celery Seed Vinaegarette 1/2 cup sugar 1 - tsp dry mustard 1 - tsp salt 1/4 of a small onion grated 1/3 cup of vinegar 1 - cup olive oil 1 - tbsp celery seed Place the ingredients in a mason jar. Screw the lid on and shake vigerously until well blended. I serve this on sea shell pasta but any cold pasta will do.
  9. Something you don't see much of these days and there's more than one moral to this story I discovered in a vintage electronics magazine.... Handling do-it-yourselfers By Jack Darr Radio Electronics July 1961 “Lessee. Dollar ninety. Thank you, sir,” he said, accepting the money, and throwing the old tube into the waste-basket. “how's the thing runnin'?” “Fine, fine. Picture's just as clear as a bell. Didn't have a lot of sound, though” “Well, that oughta fix it up. If it doesn't, holler,” said the Old-timer. The customer agreed, and left. The Young Ham glared after him. “That's another kind of character I can't stan,” he growned. “Darn do-it-yourselfer! Why don't they call us instead of messin' with their sets all the time?” “Look who's talkin'!” The Old-Timer grinned as he started to check a TV set on the end of the bench. “Who was it took off the head of that hot rod of yours and ground the valves last week? Th' Ford garage?” “Well, that's differen,” said the Young Ham. “How?” asked the Old-Timer innocently. “Well, I—that is, I ought to---Awee, you know what I mean!” “Makes a difference whos corn the shoe's pinchin', don't it?” quipped the Old-Timer. “No, sir, knucklehead, the sets these guys mess up are usually their very own, and they have the right to do anything whatever they want to them. Besides, we should be the last people in the world to gripe about 'em. Who was it got three alignment jobs last week on radios that had been tuned at home?” “Me,” admitted the Young Ham. “And whowas it,” continued the Old-Timer, “that got to install a new flyback transformer, speaker and quite a bit of other stuff on old mand Spritzer's set week before that, after he repaired it himself?” “You,” said the Young Ham. “So, don't knock the do-it-yourselfers. If they want to tinker with their own sets, let 'em. Especially if they come in here and buy the tubes from us. I know this last guy has cabbaged a lot of free advice off me, but he buys all of his tubes an' parts from me, which is just clear gravy, and I sold him a new picture tube only last month, too. The're customers, just like anybody else, and we want to treat 'em with the utmost respet, just like all the rest.” “I guess you're right, there, at that,” said the Young Ham. “I never thought of it that way. They were always just a nuisance to me.” “Junior, no customer is ever a nuisance!” said the Old Timer severly. “They're our bread and butter and don't you forget it! Two very important things you gotta have to get along with people and you'll find, if you check up, that a very large percentage of our customers are people. Two things: tolerance and freindliness! You gottal have tolerance. People bein' what they are, they've got their little quirks and idiocyncrasies, and you've got to learn to ignore irritatin' ones. You've got to make allowances for people, just the same as they make allowances for you! If you treat 'em as just plain human bein's and try to get along with 'em you'll find almost all of 'em willin' to meet you more than halfway.” “I see,” said the Young Ham. “I sure hope you do.” delared the Old-Timer seriously. “That's about the most valuable asset a man can have. Next, comes friendlyness. I'll tell you a little secret. I really try to make friends with everybody that comes into this shop, customer or not. If there's a secret to success, that's it. Make a real sincere effort to make friends and the chances are you'll succeed! No phony stuff or puttin' in on a big gland-hand act when you don't mean it. People can spot that high-pressure stuff a mile off! Take them two characters that was in here last week sellin' magazines. Why, they had a sales talk that just wouldn't quit! You'd have thought I was their long-lost brother or somethin', but it was just as phoney as three-dollar bill! And for that reason, I didn't buy their darn magazines! I can't stand high-pressure salesmen!” “That's the truth,” agreed the Young Ham. “I've seen some of em workin' on you. I thought you were going to have to throw that pair out bodily, you kept saying no so much! “True, true” said the Old-Timer with a twinkle. “But, no kiddin', I'm serious about that makin' friends business. I'd like to see you practicin' on that. Learn to feel sorry for he customer when he comes in with troubles. Sympathize with him and let him see that all you want is to get him out of his trouble as quick and as cheap as possible. If you can get that message across to him, that you really mean it, half the battle's won and he's gonna feel a lot more kindly toward you. You've not only made a friend, but a faithful customer; one who'll recommend you to his neighbor when he's in trouble. And lemmet tell you one thing, Buddy boy, that right there is the best and cheapest advertising that you can get and that kind you can't pay for!” “Yes, sire,” continues the Old-Timer, “you gotta remember those two ideas all the time. If you make a mistake, admit it. If you're right, be real quiet about it and let the customer find out about it himself. O course, it helps if you kinda nudge him along the right track a little. But, in the long run, there's one rule that you want to be a successful costomer-relations man” “What's that?” asked the Young Ham. “The Golden Rule!” said the Old-Timer. “Do unto others as you'd have em do unto you! Let's go gitta 'nother cuppa cawfee.”
  10. From one extreme to the other... This is what I discovered in the yard yesterday morning. I couldn't get a clear shot through the window screen. There are two of em there, a buck and doe
  11. lol, those lumps on the left hand side are actually cars buried in the snow.
  12. The photo below is of the last storm we had here in March that dumped 50cm+ of snow on us.
  13. Happy belated ha ha patsy I still have a dab o butter here with your name on it, same goes for Dash too
  14. the record player has two tone arms on it. one for regular 12" 33 1/3 rpm LPs and another for the 10" 78 rpm records. it was very high end in it's day (1949).
  15. wowsers, my hayfever is going nuts just lookin at that pic...
  16. WooHoo!! a big thanks to who ever fixed the pic issue (y)
  17. I'm partial to WD but that's not entirely carved in stone.
  18. We could not find the attachment you were attempting to view.
  19. Here is a photo of a 1949 Philco TV/Radio/Phono Combo (model 49-1076) before I started it's restoration. So far I have replaced all the wax paper capacitors, tested the CRT picture tube (tested as new), ordered in a complete set of NOS (new old stock) tube set and cleaned up the chassis. I'm now turning my attention to the cabinet which is in fairly decent shape. No vineer chipped however the doors have an aligator skin texture for some reason and have discolored. I'm thinking exposure to excessive sun shine might have caused it. I'm hoping to just re-finish the doors so they'll match the rest of the cabinet if not I'll have to strip and redo the entire thing (no small task). I'll post another photo once all the work is done and the set working again. Note the FM band coveres the entire spectrum. Very strange given it's year.
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