The 'New Millenium' Projects

2001-2002 projects

(Click on picture for more info. That should carry you to an 'album' page)

Belknap
(1946?)
Cute little AA5 Bakelite set. A "Family Heirloom".
August 2002

GE A-53
(1935)
A small GE tombstone set.
Sept. 2001

GE A-63
(1935)
Next one up in the 1935 year GE tombstone line.
April 2001

GE A-70
(1935)
One of the GE 'fish-mouth dial' models. An excellent radio restored for a friend here in PR.
October 2001

GE A-82
(1935)
One of the finest big tombstone sets of the 1930s.
August 2001

GE K-64
(1933)
An adorable cathedral set currently undergoing restoration.
Sept. 2002

GMR Echo 436
(1934)
A fine old French tombstone set which turned out to be a great radio.
Sept. 2002

JIC Radio Grillon
(1946)
I've not been able to find much info on this set. I suspect it was a kit or a very small manufacturer in France.
July 2002

Meridian
(1968)
A 6-band Soviet transistor set.
March 2002

Oceanic Type 49
(1949)
An attractive French set.
April 2002

Pathe TRF
(1936)
Little 4-tuber. Surprising performance.
August 2001

Radio Star 653
(1946)
A great little postwar French set. 5 bands! This is the best LW radio I have ever used!
January 2002

Sailor 46 T
(1963?)

A transistorized marine receiver made in Denmark.

July 2002

Sonolor
(1950?) Nice little wood-cased French radio with lit bezel. February 2002

Stromberg Carlson 310
(1938)
Not sure if this is the correct model number. Its a 3-band AC/battery set.
June 2002

Tandberg
Solvsuper 2B
(1940)
A wonderful Norwegian-made radio. One of my favorites.
See also the Solvsuper 3 on following pages.
November 2001

Click here for other pages
Home 2 3 4 5 6

Back to "The SPARKBENCH Home Page"

or take a sidetrip to "Vieques Homepages"

email me for more info

12 January 2004