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HALLICRAFTERS S-40 GENERAL COVERAGE RECEIVER RESTORATION

May 2, 2017May 2, 2017 gordonwood@sympatico.ca 0 Comment 1946, alignment, AM, American, bandspread, decals, hallicrafters, radio, restoration, S-40, shortwave, tuning, vacuum tube, vintage

Not only have I digressed from my usual focus of European transistorized radios and restored another American set, I’ve restored

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European Radios of the 60s and 70s 

(Almost) The Last of The Mohicans

February 8, 2017 gordonwood@sympatico.ca 0 Comment 1960s, alignment, American, GC-1A, Heathkit, marine band, medium wave, Mohican, portable, radio, receiver, sensitivity, shortwave, transistorized

While I now tend to favour European transistorized radios made in the 1960’s and 1970’s, I can remember as a

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European Radios of the 60s and 70s 

GRUNDIG CONCERT BOY 1100

August 21, 2015 gordonwood@sympatico.ca 0 Comment

I recently took a chance and won this radio at an auction; untested, with a seized tuning mechanism and coated

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NORDMENDE TRANSITA DELUXE

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 gordonwood@sympatico.ca 0 Comment FM, German, kofferradio, medium wave, Nordmende, radio, shortwave, transistorized, Transita Deluxe, West Germany

Radio makers tended to use the same model names over several years, while making significant design changes along the way.

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USING SPEEDLITES FOR BETTER RESULTS

August 20, 2015August 20, 2015 gordonwood@sympatico.ca 0 Comment camera, digital cameras, DSLR, ETTL, fill flash, gordon wood, hot shoe, meter, modifiers, online, ordering, photography, radio trigger, umbrella

Speedlites , simply stated, are accessory flashes that attach to the hot shoe of your DSLR. By raising the light

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LOGITECH HARMONY 550

August 20, 2015August 20, 2015 gordonwood@sympatico.ca 0 Comment control, Harmony 550, Logitech, remote, universal

NOTE: This review was originally posted in 2008 For anyone living in a household with at least one non-techie in

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European Radios of the 60s and 70s 

TELEFUNKEN PARTNER 500

August 20, 2015August 20, 2015 gordonwood@sympatico.ca 0 Comment German, kofferradio, long wave, medium wave, Partner 500, portable, radio, shortwave, Telefunken

I bought this radio new in the late ’70s. If you look it up on radiomuseum.org, it lists the country

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NORDMENDE GLOBETRAVELER II

January 27, 2015August 21, 2015 gordonwood@sympatico.ca 1 Comment 1968, bandspread, German, Globetraveler, Globetrotter, kofferradio, long wave, marine band, medium wave, Nordmende, portable, radio, shortwave, transistorized, West Germany

I like Nordmende. Their radios just seemed to ooze quality. The Globetraveler series exemplified that. It is the epitome of what was

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