On Saturday, some of my siblings and I helped clean out my parents’ garage and basement. Here are a couple of artifacts that I unearthed:
This Speed-X bug was in a box in the garage. I certainly don’t recall purchasing this, nor does my father. As you can see, it’s missing quite a few parts, as if it was cannibalized already. Anyone know if there is a source of parts for these things, or do I have to just toss this out or offer it to someone else to use the remaining parts?
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I don’t recall using this to learn the code, but if I did, this record would be nearly 50 years old now. Side 1 looks playable still, but Side 2 looks pretty beat up, unfortunately.
What kinds of things have you unearthed, either in your parents’ house or perhaps an estate sale?
Dan,
Check this for bug parts; https://www.2bradioparts.com/
Thanks, I will!
It’s great to have things like those from your family. I have a few non radio related things from my parents and my childhood, and I had a photo of each of them put on the Honoring Heroes kiosk at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, which allows me to visit with them every time I am there. Even though they are both no longer with us, it’s one way I can have a memory since they were both veterans of the Korean War, (and incidentally met in Signal School at Camp Gordon, Georgia, which makes me a radio baby I suppose).