by Eldon-Mr.CFAY » Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:02 pm
Greetings,
Very interesting topic. Since I am quite interested in the technical aspects of radio and have been into that for years really appreciate the comments here. Also David thanks for posting all the photos of the CBC LPRT from 1340 khz. Good luck on your conversion to the ham radio band. I bought a CBC LPRT for 860 khz. which was in service in the Fernie, BC area many, many years ago! Anyway I bought it back in the early 1970s from Ham Shack Electronics (which was a really great vintage radio parts and equipment store) located on Granville Street near the Granville Street Bridge. I think I paid 50 or 60 dollars for it but well worth it. A real collectors item with all the detailled CBC Manuals, all tube and tuning unit. I had the LPRT for many years and have photos of it in my radio photo album. Unfortunately I sold the unit without completely restoring it to like new condition in appearance etc.. We were living in Mission, BC and a radio collector friend from Greater Vancouver came out and bought it off me. I sold it for about 400 dollars. I wish I had not but we had a lot of stuff at the house my mother had bought in Mission, and were thinking of moving to Langley so I was trying to thin out the huge amount of radio parts, equipment and vinyl records I had. Still have a huge amount though out in Langley and even here in Ontario. No CBC LPRTs though. I think I might have saved or photocopied some of the CBC LPRT manuals or schematics but those would be out in Langley. That CBC LPRT I got was maybe 40 watts but from what I remember it was old, probably from the early 50s or 1940s. It was in relatively good condition, needed cleaning though. It looked older than the one you have David. Would like to find another CBC LPRT in the near future and add i to my collection at the new house in Langley we are buying. With all the CBC LPRTs going to FM from AM I would imagine there should be more available. Anyone know anything further about .purchasing some please let me know or post on Radio West. They make a very nice collectors item if you are into radio collecting like I am.
73s, All the best from Eldon