08-04-2015, 07:31 PM
I don't mind paying for good things, but with radios, since I don't do the electronics myself, it's very easy to get in over your head when you have to pay someone else to do that part. I should discipline myself to only buy radios that have been done, but then you loose the thrill of the find.
I bought my first old radio, a '42 Philco console, in about 1972 for $5 and it worked beautifully (after all, it was only 30 years old then!) and years after that when I collected a few more, I had a local guy who was very reasonable do the chassis work. When he passed away 20 years ago, I lost that connnection....
Since radios aren't my only hobby, I have to be careful not to overpopulate the collection, but that's easier said than done....
I bought my first old radio, a '42 Philco console, in about 1972 for $5 and it worked beautifully (after all, it was only 30 years old then!) and years after that when I collected a few more, I had a local guy who was very reasonable do the chassis work. When he passed away 20 years ago, I lost that connnection....
Since radios aren't my only hobby, I have to be careful not to overpopulate the collection, but that's easier said than done....
