Phil Storr's Valve radio projects
Looking for information on some of the items on this web site
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Looking for information on a Healing Short Wave Converter model 15E, a circuit diagram or even just an advertisment would be a great help
I am told there was an article on this device in a Wireless World magazine during the 1930's. Who has a collection of these magazine ?
Phil's August 2010 holiday acquisitions 
Stuff collected at the HRSA Radio Fest Canberra 2010
BRS Junior Recorder and Playback Unit type R-12-D, a BRS MagnoFilm TM-1
Home Made items I have built 
Would like help with these old items More detail or circuit diagrams
Some of my collection of old test equipment
The Ham Shack equipment
Transmitters and Transceivers
Transceivers I have collected
Australian console radios, who actually made these ?
Phil builds a Mate
The HMV 471 table top radio
Remember the Fetron ?
Some very early items in the collection
Some more early items in the collection
Even more items in the collection
Some 110 Volt items in the collection more to be added soon
Some of my Boatanchor test equipment
Communications Receivers
Trio W-50 Super Delux Stereo Amplifier an interesting part of radio history
Kicad,a great open source electronic CAD package
The usual useful links page. Includes details on valve data, transformers and coils
The HRSA South Australian Group web pages
A couple of photos of the inside of my Radio Room, mostly mantle radios one side and an audio desk, and test equipment on the other side with current projects on the bench.
Coils
Like many "old radio" restorers I have a number of valve radios that have open circuit coils in the front end circuit. This occured because the fine wire used may be contaminated with acid from the hands of the operator that made them and they eventually corrode. Remember, this stuff was made by hand, very few manufacturers would have had any automated coil winding machines.
Searching the web for something quite different I stumbled on a company in the USA that sells reproductions of coils used in BC band receivers in the 1950's and originally made by a companty called Millar.
They are Antique Electronic Supply, 6221 S Maple Ave, Tempe, AZ 85283 USA and they can be found at http://www.tubesandmore.com/
The first three are Universal Antenna, RF and Oscillator coils that have Adjustable inductance and the next two are examples of an older style Oscillator coil that is available in inductances of 125, 142 and 225 uHy.
I have quite a big collection of old radios, phonographs and parts including many valves and new 1930s components. As well as a big collection of mantle radios I have a number of Second World War era communications receivers and a few emergency services and ships two way radios, and some vintage test instruments. I still have many of the items I collected in my teen years.
I joined the HRSA about five years ago after procrastinating about it for ten years.
I recently sat for and passed the AROCP Advanced after procastinating about that for fourty five years.
The boat anchor HF radios I had collected over the years prompted me to do that and now I am restoring a vintage Heatkit HF station.
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Phil Storr PO Box 501 Modbury, 5092, South Australia
Email: vk5srp@wia.org.au
Phone: 0428 835 621 (mobile)
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Written by and Copyright, Phil. Storr © Last updated 26th March 2011