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ADS AND COMPLETE KITS WITH CABINETS.  I GET REQUESTS FROM READERS WANTING
ME TO SUGGEST AN EARLY RADIO THEY CAN BUILD.  THIS COLUMN IS MY SUGGESTION
TO YOU.  THE REINARTZ TUNER IS MY FAVORITE.  OVER THE YEARS I HAVE FOUND
FIVE OF THEM.  BUILDING YOURS MY WEB PAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COLUMN WWW.
K2TQN. COM WILL HAVE LARGE PHOTOS, SCHEMATICS AND PDF FILES OF MAGAZINE
ARTICLES ON REINARTZ TUNER CIRCUITS.  ANYONE WANTING TO BUILD ONE OF THESE
CLASSIC RADIOS WILL FIND THE INFORMATION THERE VALUABLE.  EXACTLY
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DUPLICATING THE RADIOS MIGHT BE DIFFICULT UNLESS YOU HAVE ACCESS TO EARLY
PARTS OR EARLY PARTS RADIOS.  A REINARTZ TUNER CAN ALSO BE BUILT WITH
MODERN PARTS AND TRIODE TUBES, OR EVEN SOLID STATE COMPONENTS.  MAKE UP A
LIST OF NEEDED PARTS AND HIT THE HAMFESTS AND RADIO COLLECTOR SHOWS.  BY
AUTUMN YOU SHOULD BE WELL ON YOUR WAY, PARTS WISE.  AND IF YOURE LUCKY, YOU
MIGHT FIND A REINARTZ TUNER RADIO SET AT ONE OF THESE SHOWS.  GRAB IT, IF
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