[Boatanchors] S-38E knock-off

Al Klase ark at ar88.net
Mon Feb 4 13:04:46 EST 2013


My guess is that these radios were never commercially imported. Perhaps 
it came back from Japan with a GI.

Al

On 2/4/2013 12:05 PM, Robert Nickels wrote:
> On 2/4/2013 10:23 AM, Rod Hogg wrote:
>> DelMar- Model SW-59
> I'd sure like to see what it looks like too, Rod, as this radio seems 
> to have escaped the notice of the usual chroniclers like Ray Moore.   
> I've got a pretty good collection of Burstein-Applebee catalogs from 
> that era but no trace of it there, and my McGee catalogs are all more 
> recent.  (As an aside, what a fascinating catalog McGee put out!)  
> This sounds like just the kind of thing either company might have 
> featured in it's "back of the book" section, as opposed to the 
> traditional ham gear pages that were dominated by the major 
> manufacturers.
>
> There were several pseudo-clones of the later S-120 (Monarch, Globe, 
> and others) but I don't think I've seen a Japanese knock-off of an 
> S-38E before.
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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