I built my first SR in 1967. What a radio ! But with college, girls, work, children, rand all that stuff, I somehow parted with it. 😢. While I always had a portable SW radio around through the years, and finally an RSP, I didn’t become a Ham until 2020 when I retired. My 38 year old son recently surprised me with a partially fixed up SR for Christmas that he found somewhere. It works, but needs caps and maybe tubes. I have ordered them all and can’t wait to finish the restoration. I have plenty of antennas to use!!
I built a Star Roamer in 1965 and as a young teen, I spent many an enjoyable evening roaming the world with it. Now fast forward to 2017, when I gave it a complete restoration. So now this little gem looks and works great once again!
That’s SUCH a good tip on covering the speaker. I never thought about it, and have had several “accidents” over the years that could have been prevented by covering the cone as you suggest. Very valuable advice. Thank you
I built my Star Roamer in 1967 and it was a lot of fun. Would adjust the sensitivity control to "almost" oscillate (via the regen feedback) for a BFO and listen to SSB. Upgraded to an Allied A2515 a couple of years later. Still have them both, but the Star Roamer is in storage because I could not find a replacement for the 3 section electrolytic (yet). Didn't want to use discrete caps. I was an avid SWL for years, became an electronics engineer and an extra class ham. Also have a lot of vintage test equipment. Lots of memories. Now use SDR for SWL.
Oh what great memories I have of using my Star Roamer along with a Heath Q Multiplier to explore the Short Wave bands back in the late sixties and early seventies! I had great success logging the plentiful SW broadcast stations of the day.
