-FYI- Vintage American Electrola AM/FM/ Shortwave Radio. Model # DXC-100
RHF
DXC-100
Why "FYI" cauae the eBay Auction is Over/Ended/Closed .
AM/MW Band went ot 1710 kHz ? = Vintage ?
Make In The U.S.A. ? = Real Vintage !
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260145258922
Anyone ever own one of these DXC-100s ?
There are three nice Pictures of Radio including the Lable to check-
out. ~ RHF
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Michael Black
> -FYI- Vintage "American Electrola" AM/FM/ Shortwave Radio. Model #
> DXC-100
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Michael
Roadie
> -FYI- Vintage "American Electrola" AM/FM/ Shortwave Radio. Model #
> DXC-100
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> Why "FYI" cauae the eBay Auction is Over/Ended/Closed .
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> AM/MW Band went ot 1710 kHz ? = Vintage ?
The extended AM band coverage, the membrane keyboard and styling make
me me think it was 1990's vintage and not 1970's. Electrola is
clearly a borrowed name made to conjure up ole-timey images. With a
Made in USA label less a city, state and zip code It looks like
something made to sell at Sharper Image.
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> Make In The U.S.A. ? = Real Vintage !
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260145258922
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> Anyone ever own one of these DXC-100s ?
More information than anyone ever wanted on an overpriced ($300.00
new) radio.
Indeed from the web here is a little history on the American
Electrola...
"A group of people at a small electronic company in Pittsburgh, PA had
heard an SW Broadcast of For the People with Chuck Harder out of
Florida. One of Chuck's listeners had purchased an AF/FM/SW radio from
him and was complaining that while Chuck was touting 'buy American' he
was selling a Chinese made radio. So these guys called Chuck up and
said 'we can build a radio for you and have you sell them on your
show'. So the American Electrola DXC-100 was born. Designing was
started. A prototype was build and the flew to Florida to meet with
Chuck. Chuck liked the radio. A new problem arose, CASH. The
Pittsburgh guys didn't have enought to get the radio into production.
Chuck went on the air and asked his listeners to buy the radio, send
in thier money, and the radio would be delivered, but they may have to
wait up to 6 months. Chuck Harder's listeners financed the 1st
production run of 1000 radios. Actually, the 1st 1000 were sold in 1
day! Money came in, parts were ordered, radios were shipped. A few
months later, they tried again. Another 1000 radios were presold in
about 5 days. Again, parts were ordered, radios were built, and
shipped. The serial number will tell you the production run. All
serial numbers started with 52B, the next 2 leters are the production
number OA = 1st run, OB = 2nd. The last 4 digits are the order of
production. "
The Made in USA label would seem to be a stretch but assembled in USA
might have been more appropriate for 1993.
D Peter Maus
I recall Mike Maghakian telling me he had owned one of these. Very
disappointing.
dxAce
D Peter Maus wrote:
And it's Vintage? What kinda drugs are these folk doing?
dxAce
Michigan
USA
D Peter Maus
Probably some bad Metamucil. "Vintage" is not a word I'd apply to
this rig. Late 70's, early 80's at best. And not a performer.
IIRC, there were a couple of manufacturers that sprang up to produce
a 'high tech' AM-FM-SW table radios about that time. "Digital" was just
on the cusp of becoming a buzz word, and there was a bit of noise about
ease of tuning, direct frequency entry and all that.
But no one put anything into performance.
I've been toying with my Telefunken HR5000 Digital, AM-FM-SW
receiver. Flourescent display, and I've replaced many of the indicator
lamps with LED's.
FM is great. AM and SW way too bandwidth limited for much listening
enjoyment. But it's tight enough that I don't get a lot of IBOC hash
when zeroed in.
SW is also very heavily bandwidth limited, but sensitive enough to
suck in some reasonably deep DX, and selectivity is such that I can
actually work a heavily crowded band with less difficulty than some of
my Halli's, though not quite as tidily as the Drake, AOR or Ten-Tec.
But FM, into a pair of Altec 846B's will rock the house. Not every
thing that came from that early era of "digital" receivers sucks.
RHF
MB,
1 - I clearly identifed the Item.
* Vintage "American Electrola" AM/FM/ Shortwave Radio
Model # DXC-100
* Why "FYI" cause the eBay Auction is Over/Ended/Closed .
* AM/MW Band went ot 1710 kHz ? = Vintage ?
* Make In The U.S.A. ? = Real Vintage !
2 - I provided a Link with supporting Photos
* http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260145258922
* There are three nice Pictures of Radio
* including the Label to check-out.
3 - Then I 'Asked' the "Question.
? Anyone ever own one of these DXC-100s ?
MB - Oh That's Right - You Are A Mind Reader
-and- All That Was Unnecessary Info for You
-but- The rest of us mere-mortals could find
all of the about very helpful in answering the
Question at the end.
mb - i hope we are communicating . . .
oops - that's right you can read my mind :o) ~ RHF
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cuh...@webtv.net
credit for that.Chuck Harder also advertised and helped R.L.Drake
Company sell a lot of Drake Radios too.I am glad Drake is still in
business,,, in America, even though they aren't building Radios anymore.
www.answers.com/topic/r-l-drake-company
cuhulin
Frank Dresser
"D Peter Maus" <DPete...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:xZNti.404383$p47....@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
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> Probably some bad Metamucil. "Vintage" is not a word I'd apply to
> this rig. Late 70's, early 80's at best. And not a performer.
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[snip]
It sure looks "vintage" with it's 7 segment red LED display, membrane
touchpad and Love Boat era graphics -- all in a woodgrain box. But Passport
has it "New for 1994".
The Passport review is odd. Listed among the radio's disadvantages are such
potential showstoppers as the crummy membrane keypad, FM stations breaking
into the SW bands, hissy audio, excessive digital whine, single bandwidth,
wildly varying sensitivity from band to band, mediocre dynamic range and
other more nitpicky stuff.
Passport did like the radio's ergonomics, display and footprint. And the
American Electrola will interface with an IBM compatible.
A quote from the review:
"It's about time: an affordable world band radio designed for the way most
normal people listen. Not a portable -- most world band listening is done
at home, not on the road -- and not a techy DX tabletop model that's evolved
from ham gear."
Affordable, in the case of the American Electrola, meant $319.19.
I should say I had no particular interest in the American Electrola. I had
already bought a DX-440 for less than half the AE's price. I liked, and
still like, my DX-440. I even use it at home!
Frank Dresser
RHF
wrote:
> "D Peter Maus" <DPeterM...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in messagenews:xZNti.404383$p47....@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
FD - Thank you for the condensed PWBR Review
and identifying the DOM Year as 1994. ~ RHF
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American Insurgent
I don't DX much anymore, so I find my Yaesu to be largely overkill. My
Degen 1102 does much of the same stuff, and has similar sensitivity.
The Degen is comparable to the DX440, except the 440 has a little bit
finer BFO. I owned a 440 for years, but I gave it away six years ago
or so. I've tested both the Yaesu (FRG-8800) and the 1102 on the same
signals at the same time at my current QTH, and the Yaesu seemed to
just pick up more noise without any discernible improvement in signal.
The Yaesu is now in the closet.
As for the Electrola, it seemed to exist to satisfy the America First
rantings of Harder and other kook domestic SW hosts who wanted an
American made radio to sell on air. It sounds like it was a good idea,
but a bunch of good ole boys didn't have the resources to build a real
radio factory. They should have done what such companies as Apple have
done in the 2000s and play up American DESIGNED, not American BUILT.
The ipod says "Designed in California" on the back. The Chinese tend
to have odd electronics design ideas, such as the infamous 99 minute
sleep timer. Americans want stuff designed by people who understand
American culture and desires. The current tendency is to outsource
everything except top management to China, allowing the Chinese to do
whatever they want as far as design. The Chinese, of course, think
like Chinese, and design with an eye on their home market first. They
can miss the trends in America.
Frank Dresser
"American Insurgent" <peza...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1186540965.8...@x40g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
[snip]
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> As for the Electrola, it seemed to exist to satisfy the America First
> rantings of Harder and other kook domestic SW hosts who wanted an
> American made radio to sell on air. It sounds like it was a good idea,
> but a bunch of good ole boys didn't have the resources to build a real
> radio factory.
[snip]
I'm sure Chuck and some others were selling Sangeans in the early 90s. I'm
pretty sure Chuck was also selling a version of one of the Drakes at one
time.
Of course, the Sangeans weren't made in the US and the Drakes weren't cheap
but in either case the buyers got something for their money.
I'm not so sure about the American Electrola.
Frank Dresser
D Peter Maus
I once got my hands on a "People's Radio" the rebadged Drake SW-1.
No, it wasn't cheap. It wasn't pretty. And it wasn't exactly feature
laden, but for program listening, it was a solid radio.
SW-2 was a better buy, albeit more expensive.
cuh...@webtv.net
radios) Chuck Harder was advertising sold for about $244.00.(plus S&H,
of course)
cuhulin
RHF
Cuhulin - That would be the PRN-1000 "For The People" Radio ~ RHF
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>From the R.L. Drake Vitual Museum WebSite
-by- J.W. Cherry
http://www.dproducts.be/drake_museum/
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PRN-1000 - "For The People !"
http://www.dproducts.be/drake_museum/prn-1000.htm
http://www.dproducts.be/DRAKE_MUSEUM/prn-1000_pic.htm
http://www.dproducts.be/drake_museum/images/PRN1000_gen_desc.jpg
http://www.dproducts.be/drake_museum/images/PRN1000_spscs.jpg
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RL Drake SW1 Receiver {PRN-1000}
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/commrxvr/1100.html
http://www.universal-radio.com/used/sold016.html
The PRN-1000 was made in the U.S. by R. L. Drake Company, and was
basically a budget-version of their SW-1 shortwave receiver.
http://www.dxing.com/rx/ssr1.htm
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1314
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ABOUT - Chuck Harder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Harder
- - - Peoples Radio Network (PRN)
http://www.chuckharder.com/
Chuck Harder -host of- For the People
(www.chuckhardershow.com)
http://www.talkstarradio.com/hosts/chuckpage.htm
http://www.chuckhardershow.com/
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R. L. Drake Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._L._Drake_Company
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cuh...@webtv.net
buy a starnetwork satellite tv rig from www.chuckharder.com (or
whoever sells those rigs) if I can pick up live tv from Ireland and
Scotland?
cuhulin