[Boatanchors] EH Scott Special

[Al Klase]

The radio is also covered in teh AWA "Old Timers Bulletin" Vol. 33,  No. 
4, November 1992.  Says 20 were made.  I'll try to arrange a scan.

Al

Bruce wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> A photo of of the Scott Special can be found on page 131 of "Communications 
> Receivers: The Vacuum Tube Era - 4th Edition" by Raymond S. Moore.
>
> From: "On the Shortwaves, 1923-1945: Broadcast Listening in the Pioneer 
> Days of Radio" by Jerome S. Berg, page 126:
>
> "In 1939 E. H. Scott, who was also interested mainly in hi-fi shortwave 
> receivers, produced a 26 tube communications receiver, the Scott Special,
> which contained many of the features of the Scott hi-fi sets.  It boasted
> two completely separate front ends, one for the broadcast band and long 
> wave, the other for shortwave up to 64 mc.  The set had 22 controls...
> The Scott Special had a very low production run, owing mainly to its price: 
> $650."  (Which was more than the U.S. annual per capita income at the time).
>
> The Scott WWII military receivers, and post-war receivers like the 820,
> were entirely different models, not the Scott Special.
>
> 73, Bruce WA8TNC
> ================
>   
>> From: "Keith Densmore" <densmore at ntl.sympatico.ca>
>> To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 6:19 PM
>> Subject: [Boatanchors] EH Scott Special
>>
>>     
>>> Hi All,
>>> Does anyone know of a picture site for a Scott Special Communications
>>> Receiver made about 1940? I've had no luck tracking down a photograph. 
>>> Must have been quite a radio. Are there any still known to exist?
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Keith ve3ts
>>>       
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Al Klase - N3FRQ
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