NEW*NEW*NEW*** The OKVRC Monthly Breakfast will be held at 8:30 AM, Wednesday morning, June 10, 2009, at JIMMY’S EGG, 3741 NW 39^th St, Oklahoma City.

Here it is, time for another Broadcast News Column. I’ve been on vacation in Hawaii and not too focused on radio collecting. It was a nice break. We did go into one antique shop where I expected to see mainly collectibles like baseball cards and repro items. I was surprised that everything was old, but mostly small items. There was nothing radio related, but they did have some Edison cylinder records. The only radio I saw in Hawaii was a Truetone horizontal wood set with an eye tube, from about 1937. It was on display on the mantle of a sugar cane plantation home.

Our meeting last month was one a good one with higher attendance than most. Dale, our newsletter editor, explained with examples how he reproduces knobs and dials. It was very enlightening. Also we talked about painted bakelite radios. Gene brought quite a few interesting examples. Jim Tyrrell has details elsewhere in this issue.

The June meeting will be on June 13th at the Hometown Buffet on NW Expressway, at the normal 6 PM time. The topic for the meeting is Federal. This includes their radios and other products, and also includes the later small AC/DC sets that were made under a revival of the Federal name. If you have anything Federal, bring it for us to see. If you have one of the early Federals, please advise me so that I can skip lugging one of mine to the meeting. Also, I nearly forgot, that June is typically when we elect/re-elect officers. If you would like to be an officer, here’s your chance. We should have a good donation auction, as usual. John Bryant left quite a few items with me for the auction, including Zenith literature.

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Advertising policy: Member’s ads are FREE. Small donations will be accepted for non-member’s ads.

WANTED: Transmitters, Receivers, Ham gear, Boat Anchors Radio, Test Equipment, Tubes, Parts, you name it. Call Tom Laszynski at (405) 741-1176 or e-mail me at k8jrm@arrl.net.

WANTED: Dial bezel and dial pointer for a E. H. Scott Receiver, Model SLR-H or Navy RBO-2.  Also, need metal Identification plate for a Navy RBO-2 receiver.  Contact Tom Laszynski at either k8jrm@arrl.net or 405.741.1176.

WANTED: Any radio related German items. Especially WWII radios, tubes, and accessories. I'm a buyer also for Grundig, Telefunken radios and tubes from the 1950-1965 era. Frank Karner (405) 769-4656 fkarner@cox.net

WANTED:   Tubes for my German repair business.  need a quantity of these tubes, either good used or NOS please:    EF89 = 6DA6;    EABC80= 6AK8;  EM34 = 6CD7;   ECC808 = 6KX8,  EM80 =6BR5  EL34 = 6CA7;  EF86 = 6267;   Frank Karner,  e-mail: fkarner@cox.net (405) 769-4656

WANTED: I'M YOUR BUYER for tube amplifiers- music, PA, any type! Also amplifier tubes, tube testers, etc. Frank Karner (405) 769-4656 fkarner@cox.net

WANTED:  I need some 6FG6 Tubes (European number is EM84) to get me thru the winter's work.  Also need a few 6BR5 (EM80)

tubes.  Thanks!  Frank Karner fkarner@cox.net (405) 769-4656

WANTED: Briggs & Stratton (BASCO) radio items: Crystal radio, tube sockets, A-B-C power supplies, boxed parts, radio advertising and promotional items. Dale Boyce (414)353-0734 or radioman@wi.rr.com

WANTED:   Bakelite case for Philco Boomerang model 49-501 deco radio.  Cracked, nice or restorable...whatever condition you have!

Frank Karner,  12432 Elizabeth Cove, Midwest City, OK.  73130.  E-mail: fkarner@cox.net (405) 769-4656

WANTED:   Parts for a 1925 SUPER ZENITH 27.  This is similar to the Super Zenith VII, except for the AC power supply, meter. I

need the AC power supply (Maybe there are 2 used?) and perhaps some small parts.  THANKS!  Frank Karner  (405) 769-

4656 fkarner@cox.net

WANTED: RESTORED Philco model 90, good condition and “reasonably” priced. Rod Higgens, (405) 329-3013,

hotrod808@sbcglobal.net

FOR SALE: ANTIQUE RADIO RESTORATION VIDEOS. Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 are currently available. Check my web page for more details and special deals! Go to http://www.bretsoldradios.com/

FOR SALE: Magnet wire sizes 10 ga to 40 ga. Coaxial cables and antenna wire. Mike LaPuzza, Clear Signal Products, Inc.

405-745-9473 email:  wire@coaxman.com

FOR SALE: Radio Chassis Holders. These maintenance stands hold a chassis while work on it. Small stand - $37.50, and Brackets - $2.50 Plus Shipping. Large stand - $55.00 and brackets - $2.50 Plus Shipping. Contact Steve Strong at (405) 634-7547 or e-mail Scstrong1@cox.net.

FOR SALE: House wiring antenna networks, “Aircore” choke Baluns, Balun Isolation transformers and amateur 1KW “Aircore” 1 to 1, 1 to 4 and 1 to 9 “pigtail” weatherproof Baluns. L.W. Rousseau (405)842-0125

SERVICE: FIELDING ELECTRONICS, INC. We restore old radios both electronically and refinishing. Radios must be complete with knobs and dial glass/escutcheons. Fielding Electronics, Inc, PO Box 2601, Ardmore, OK 73402, Phone # 580-222-9408

SERVICE: Old Radio Restoration and Servicing: Dale McLellan, rxradio@aol.com or 405-330-1802, Edmond, OK

OKVRC April, 2009 Contest Winners

Battery and Crystal Receivers, Pre-1930

1. Freed Eisemann NR-15 Dana Kresky

2. Trav-Ler John Reynolds

3. Federal 57 Jim Collings

Cathedral Receivers

1. Emerson Ed Janssen

2. Philco 90 Kent Studebaker

3. Atwater Kent 706 Dana Kresky

Tombstone Receivers

1. Grunow 500 Jeff Ancell

Horizontal Wooden Receivers

1. General Electric 203 Mark Shemel

2. Fada 5F60T Dana Kresky

Metal Sets after 1926

1. Arvin 542T Dana Kresky

2. Arvins (3) Dale McLellan

AC/DC Bakelite or Plastic Receivers

1. General Electric F-51 David Cox

2. Crosley 56TD Ed Jones

3. Zenith 6D-615 Gene Robertson

Transistor Radios

1. Candle PTR-85C Dana Kresky

2. General Electric P780 John Reynolds

3. Zenith 7000-1 John Reynolds

Console Receivers

1. General Electric HM-185 Eric Coon

2. Zenith 760 Gene Robertson

Art Deco and Novelty AC operated Receivers

1. Philco 54 Dana Kresky

2. Zenith 5R-312 Dana Kresky

3. Majestic 6LA5P John Reynolds

Foreign Made Receivers and Equipment

1. Blaupunkt Palma Frank Karner

Homebrew and Kit Receivers

1. 5 Tube 3 Dialer Jim Collings

2. Crystal receiver Jim Collings

3. 3 Tube Regenerative John Reynolds

Accessory Items

1. Leutz Detector/Amplifier Jim Collings

2. Apparatus Design Unameter (tube tester) Mark Shemel

3. Amplion AR-102 Dragonfly horn Jim Collings

Open Category

1. Boy Scout Radio Literature Mark Shemel

2. Columbia BI phonograph Jim Collings

3. Zenith A404L John Reynolds

People’s Choice (favorite display of all who attended)

Emerson Ed Janssen

Best of Show

General Electric HM-185 (1939 Television) Eric Coon

NEW*NEW*NEW*** The OKVRC Monthly Breakfast will be held at 8:30 AM, Wednesday morning, May 6, 2009, at JIMMY’S EGG, 3741 NW 39^th St, Oklahoma City.