Amstrad 901 0n Steriods.

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Amstrad 901 0n Steriods.

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This radio was one of those that I always fancied but never got around to owning. They were never quite common in Stoke and I can only remember hearing one on air. I even remember the breaker's handle. If remember rightly the pcb is inverted and has a hole in the centre where the speaker magnet comes through. But I maybe wrong?
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wheel bender wrote:If remember rightly the pcb is inverted and has a hole in the centre where the speaker magnet comes through. But I maybe wrong?
Your quite right, Same insides as the grandstand gemini and the grandstand home base, Uses a 38mhz loop crystal and popular for converting to 10m, I still have some 10m crystals for one of these somewhere.

I always preferred the one with the s-meter than the gemini with its RX/TX LEDS.
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I had a similar looking rig called an Atron, it had an led S meter though
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superstar wrote:I had a similar looking rig called an Atron, it had an led S meter though
Im sure the grandstand homebase and the gemini were also badged as atron.

Not a bad radio really I know the wires inside were very fragile though and the Gemini below was darn ugly :)




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superstar wrote:I had a similar looking rig called an Atron, it had an led S meter though
Im sure the grandstand homebase and the gemini were also badged as atron.

Not a bad radio really I know the wires inside were very fragile though and the Gemini below was darn ugly :)

That's the one:)



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Telecomm tc9000 I did own one for a while in the late 80s
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nice bit of info there Dave.
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So are they good rigs or average.
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lambrettadave wrote:So are they good rigs or average.
I prefer the one with the "normal" meter as it is not as ugly as the Gemini, I would say average but not a bad rig if i am being honest.

I just found an original Grandstand 5 pin mic in my box of bits too :?
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Hello

a Telecomm tc9000 here

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I'm watching that one at the moment Claude. Shame it hasn't got its box ;)
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It's deja-vu ;)
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