George,
I remember borrowing a buddy's high-end turntable
and setting it to 80 RPM back in the 70's.
Made some fairly good copies onto reel to reel.
A modern? stereo stylus seemed to track fine, and
you could probably record at 78(2.5% slow).
Jon AD5HR
--- On Fri, 1/22/10, George Brand <geor...@i2k.net> wrote:
> From: George Brand <geor...@i2k.net>
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 78 records
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio@mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 3:41 PM
> I have a "real" Edison that almost
> caused a divorce between my Grandparents
> as Grandma bought via the devil....ON CREDIT! (oh
> horrors) Apparently
> Grandpa had a royal fit and went down to J.L. Hudsons the
> next morning and
> paid if off. I have four drawers full of disks and
> want to move them to
> digital without harming them. Any guidance? I see there is
> a stylus marketed
> for this purpose, any experience??
>
> George
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amradio-boun...@mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:amradio-boun...@mailman.qth.net]on
> Behalf Of jon baker
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:19 AM
> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 78 records
>
>
> Larry,
> The 80 RPM records were made for the
> Edison players, which
> used a real diamond stylus. They are ruined by
> playing on
> a Victor or other player with a steel "needle".
> One of my Edison records was recorded by
> Thomas himself,
> a plea for War Bonds during WW1.
> Please save the "thick" ones for a real Edison
> machine.
> Jon AD5HR
>
> --- On Wed, 1/20/10, Larry WA9VRH <wa9...@dishmail.net>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Larry WA9VRH <wa9...@dishmail.net>
> > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 78 records
> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
> <amradio@mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 8:17 PM
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > Go ckeck out the local antique malls. We visit one in
> > Princeton Il about 50
> > miles North of Peoria that have tons of 78's.
> >
> > I am always looking for the 80 rpm's that are at
> least
> > twice as thick for
> > the windup phonographs.
> >
> > 73 Larry WA9VRH
> >
> > If you can't find any there is an antique place here
> in
> > Peoria that may have
> > some. I can stop by there on my way home one day.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Peters" <rwpet...@swbell.net>
> > To: "'AM'" <amradio@mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:10 PM
> > Subject: [AMRadio] 78 records
> >
> >
> > > Hi guys, Maybe a little off topic but I need a
> > > couple 78 records preferably big band type. I
> just
> > > got a nice am/sw radio and record player with a
> 15
> > > inch speaker that is 4 feet tall and about 20
> > > inches wide. Had the turntable fixed and
> cartridge
> > > fixed so all is working and no records.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Very Best 73's,
> > >
> > > Bob W1PE
> > >
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