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Re: UNELCO 1914 info wanted
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stere...@gmail.com
Jan 29, 2018, 5:12:04 PM1/29/18
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On Tuesday, August 25, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Rob wrote:
> I am looking for any information anyone may have on the Unelco
> Electronics model 1914 AM/SW receiver and its manufacturer, Unelco
> Electronics of Baltimore, MD. A web search of "Unelco" brought only
> links to the obviously-unrelated Spanish electric utility :-)
> The first one I saw was the one my brother brought for $ 10 circa
> 1972 on "clearance" from a Sears store (I don't think it was ever
> regular Sears merchandise). It was the first shortwave radio in my
> family, I bought one at a hamfest circa 1988 for $ 5, and I have seen it
> in an old TV show somewhere (where it was miscast as a dispatcher's two
> way radio ! :-)
> The radio is (to put it kindly) a very inexpensive model with a
> thin gray plastic body and a circuit similar to what one would expect
> from a transistor AM (MW) radio of its era (circa 1970). It is nameless
> on its front panel (marked model 1914......Unelco.........Japan) on the
> back), has a tiny bottom-mounted speaker, and runs on 3 "D" batteries.
> The strange thing about it is its use of interchangible coils to switch
> from band to band (which was common only in much older radios). The
> radio seems to have been usually sold with band "5" coils (31m thru 16m
> continuous), though I also have a set of "1"s (MW), and others up to "6"
> allowed continuous coverage from .54 to 31.5 MHz.
> Things I want to know:
> How common/rare is this radio?
> What market was it intended for ? (For it is so different from the
> usual radios being sold in USA at the time, I've always wondered
> if was someone's plan to supply large numbers cheap of SW radios
> to developing countries, which failed, resulting in a
> stateside sell-off.)
> What became of its maker, Unelco Electronics, of Baltimore, MD,
> of which I've never seen any other reference to.
> Does it even have AGC? (Mine blocks out on strong signals, has
> no working AGC, though mine may simply be "broken" in this
> regard, I don't remember what the other one we had in '72 did.)
> Are there any other Unelco users out there?
>
> (apoligies for being a little "OT" asking about a ca. 1970 radio on
> an antiques group, but I know no alternate group for this)
>
> Rob
> "Everthing I have is Y1.96K compliant"
> I am looking for any information anyone may have on the Unelco
> Electronics model 1914 AM/SW receiver and its manufacturer, Unelco
> Electronics of Baltimore, MD. A web search of "Unelco" brought only
> links to the obviously-unrelated Spanish electric utility :-)
> The first one I saw was the one my brother brought for $ 10 circa
> 1972 on "clearance" from a Sears store (I don't think it was ever
> regular Sears merchandise). It was the first shortwave radio in my
> family, I bought one at a hamfest circa 1988 for $ 5, and I have seen it
> in an old TV show somewhere (where it was miscast as a dispatcher's two
> way radio ! :-)
> The radio is (to put it kindly) a very inexpensive model with a
> thin gray plastic body and a circuit similar to what one would expect
> from a transistor AM (MW) radio of its era (circa 1970). It is nameless
> on its front panel (marked model 1914......Unelco.........Japan) on the
> back), has a tiny bottom-mounted speaker, and runs on 3 "D" batteries.
> The strange thing about it is its use of interchangible coils to switch
> from band to band (which was common only in much older radios). The
> radio seems to have been usually sold with band "5" coils (31m thru 16m
> continuous), though I also have a set of "1"s (MW), and others up to "6"
> allowed continuous coverage from .54 to 31.5 MHz.
> Things I want to know:
> How common/rare is this radio?
> What market was it intended for ? (For it is so different from the
> usual radios being sold in USA at the time, I've always wondered
> if was someone's plan to supply large numbers cheap of SW radios
> to developing countries, which failed, resulting in a
> stateside sell-off.)
> What became of its maker, Unelco Electronics, of Baltimore, MD,
> of which I've never seen any other reference to.
> Does it even have AGC? (Mine blocks out on strong signals, has
> no working AGC, though mine may simply be "broken" in this
> regard, I don't remember what the other one we had in '72 did.)
> Are there any other Unelco users out there?
>
> (apoligies for being a little "OT" asking about a ca. 1970 radio on
> an antiques group, but I know no alternate group for this)
>
> Rob
> "Everthing I have is Y1.96K compliant"
stere...@gmail.com
Jan 29, 2018, 5:12:57 PM1/29/18
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i have the same radio with # 6 coils i am looking for # 1 coils. will trade
fred k. engels®
Jan 29, 2018, 5:16:44 PM1/29/18
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Y1.96K compliant
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Frank
Jan 30, 2018, 8:51:23 AM1/30/18
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:12:55 -0800, stereodudes wrote:
> i have the same radio with # 6 coils i am looking for # 1 coils. will
> trade
What kind forms are the coils wound on? It might be easiest to make your
> i have the same radio with # 6 coils i am looking for # 1 coils. will
> trade
own.
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