Dave Hansen 05:24:43 11/04/2002

Found your website while looking for information on the Hammarlund HQ-170. I need IF transformer T1 to restore this radio. Any idea where I could find one? Thanks, Dave Dave Hansen From Pleasanton, CA. , USA

Becky Conolly 17:37:20 10/18/2002

Hi, great to find your site. Just built the SW receiver CIC 21-020. Got it to work without replacing the tuning coil, but a 20ft antenna at dusk did the trick. Also found selectivity impractical. Your site for this kit is in Japanese! Did you have any ideas of how to make this practical or know of any other cheap, but practical SW receiver designs for the 50m band. I'm a bit of a beginner out in the sticks (backwoods of Zimbabwe) and I need all the help I can get. Thanks... Becky Conolly From Bulawayo , Zimbabwe

Rudy Capootie 09:04:12 10/15/2002

Benmar Marine emailed me the Navigator-555A schematic. Would you like it forwarded to you? Rudy Rudy Capootie , USA

Rudy Capootie 06:38:54 10/14/2002

Thanks for the Allied A-2515A schematic. Benmar Radio Direction Finders are cheap. Wish I could get the schematic. Rudy Rudy Capootie , USA

dan 23:45:30 10/06/2002

Alexander; Did you try A.G.Tannenbaum? http://www.agtannenbaum.com/s_cat.html I hope you get yours up and running! Good luck. dan From Tomioka , Japan http://www.noobowsystems.com/

dan 23:40:57 10/06/2002

Evan; Seems like tube testers are still have demands. Although the TE-50 is a simple tester, one may pay 40 to 60 dollars for it. If two buyers get hot in an auction, could be more. dan From Tomioka , Japan http://www.noobowsystems.com/

dan 23:33:12 10/06/2002

Larry; I'm also looking SBE SB-36 schematic and information. I know it was made in Japan, and supposedly the rig was marketted in Japan as well - it was the first digital readout rig in Japan. I'll let you know when I get the news. dan From Tomioka , Japan http://www.noobowsystems.com/

dan 23:25:10 10/06/2002

Sorry for my slow response, and thank you for your visit. I'm really happy to hear your feedback! Okay, first question was asked by Joseph, about the shortwave feaver in Japan in the 1970s. The boom was mainly among young boys, ranging from 10 years old (I was eleven at that time) to 14 years old - elementary school to junior high school. With portable shortwave radio, boys listened mainly Japanese language program of overseas stations. This is because those boys could not understand any foreign language, and there were many Japanese programs offered by BBC, DW, HCJB and Radio Peking, to name a few. However, main purpose was to collect QSL cards, rather than enjoying the program itself. The boom lasted for several years, then the next generation kids had less interest in shortwave; instead they excited about computer games, which was quite new. dan From Tomioka , Japan http://www.noobowsystems.com/

walter 14:52:02 10/04/2002

just found your web site . very nice ! walter From waterbury , ct . , u s a

Alexander 00:34:12 10/04/2002

HI: I got an ICF-5900W, it does not work , I would like to fix it, but I could not find the service manual on internet, would you please give me some adress were can get it or buy it. thanks you Alexander From Santiago , Chile

Evan Hays 01:24:11 9/24/2002

Would like to know the value of a Lafayette Model TE-50 Tube Tester. I have one in mint condition,also a Hallicrafters mod. S-38 same condition. Evan Hays From Yakima,Wa. 98902 , U.S.A.

Steve Sebastian Beesley 14:42:49 9/17/2002

Dan San, Fortunate enough to get a Panasonic RF-2200 receiver in reasonably good condition, it arrived yesterday. Only problem is the telescopic whip was damaged and don't know where I can get a suitable replacement. In any case I was up till very late last night like a little kid again playing with this radio. For such a vintage set I was most impressed by the MW DX performance of this radio. Money well spent. Now I need to locate the Sony ICF-5900W Sky Sensor. The Ramsey CW filter AF-1 is interesting, you should look also at the Vectronics VEC-821K Super CW filter - Also a Kit. 80, 110 and 180Hz, 60 db down 1 octave from centre frequency, 8 poles of active IC filtering using cascaded low-Q stages. Centering frequency of 750Hz abd up to 15 db noise reduction with a built in ANL circuit. 73 Steve Sebastian Bessley, VR2XMQ Steve Sebastian Beesley From OL72CG , HONG KONG http://www.qsl.net/vr2xmq

Larry Armagost VE3SPQ 00:45:22 9/17/2002

Very good and interesting site!!! I own a SBE SB-36 and am looking for a Manual for it and History on it. I know it was 1965-66 vintage and Frequency read out, and also it has an RIT circuit and about 250 Watts output. Receive audio is the best I ever heardfrom a Tube and Electronic Hybred. It is Chrome and Black very impressive. 73 for now VE3SPQ spq@georgian.net Larry Armagost VE3SPQ From Collingwood Ontario , Canada http://certs.20m.com

Joseph Hardin 03:07:45 9/04/2002

I really appreciated the beautiful shortwave systems you have. Lovely. I didn't know there was a sw boom in Japan in the 70's. What did they listen to? My home page is way out of date. Joseph Hardin From U Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan , USA http://intel.si.umich.edu/hardin

dan 22:35:03 9/01/2002

Hello Bill; Thank you for visiting NoobowSystems. I got a translation request for HQ-170 pages, it was 10 months ago. I blame myself being so slow in progress.... So I updated a quick overview page. Hope it helps. I have many open items in HQ-170 project. dan From Tomioka , Japan http://www.noobowsystems.com/

bill thouin 00:02:14 9/01/2002

Please HQ-170 page in english please.. Have hq-170 and would like to read what you have done to your's.. I'll be putting your page in my favorites......thank you bill thouin From plattsburgh ny , usa

David Smith 08:39:55 8/27/2002

I recently obtained an Echophone Commercial EC-1. After replacing the filter capacitor and one burned out tube is places excellently. I obtained most of my information about this receiver from your restoration project. Thanks for the good work! David Smith From San Antonio, Texas , USA

Ulis Fleming 11:01:13 8/25/2002

Dan-san, Incredible job.. I love reading about your restorations. Keep the radio restoration art alive and be well! Ulis Ulis Fleming From Maryland , USA http://www.radiointel.com

dan 11:05:43 8/24/2002

This is a test. Please ignore. Thanks. dan dan From Tomioka , Japan http://www.noobowsystems.com/

dan 00:00:00 8/24/2002

Due to the service discontinuance of BeSeen(TM), the NoobowSystems Lab's Guestbook has been reconstructed with CGI script. Effort was paid to preserve all the messages in the past, except some suspicious (possibly automatic) posts. Also, messages in the ICF-5900W Discussion Room (page obsoleted way before) have been restored and merged into this page. New contact address of the NoobowSystems is used throughout, although it might not be available at the time the message was post. Please remember that the site owner reserves the right to delete any message if it is considered inappropriate to our site. We hope you enjoy NoobowSystems Lab's website. Thank you. dan, keiko & pogo dan From Tomioka , Japan http://www.noobowsystems.com/

paul vincent zecchin 20:38:58 8/22/2002

Enjoyed very much you your beautifully illustrated feature on radio restoration. I have a Benmar 555a which is just magnificent on the AM Broadcast and Beacon bands. Would you know where to find an instruction book for this or service manual so that I might align it for accuracy? Great reading, will tell fellow radio buffs about your presentation. paul vincent zecchin

Dave Klaus 01:43:51 8/21/2002

I love the picture and information you posted regarding the Echophone EC-1b. I've got one too (I've got the older EC-1), and it's my faverate old radio. Dave Klaus

Steve Sebastian Bees 14:05:24 8/18/2002

I found your articles on the Sony ICF 5900w of great interest, this was my first portable transceiver. I am still looking for one today as the one I had was sold, I would like to keep one now due to fond memories of the past. I also own the ICF 5800. Nice page! 73 Steve - VR2XMQ Steve Sebastian Bees http://www.qsl.net/vr2xmq/

Jun Ong 14:10:00 8/17/2002

Nice job! Jun Ong