[Boatanchors] For Sale: 1930's Homebrew Transmitter and Receiver

[Whitebear1122]

I am selling my early 1930’s 80 meter cw station.  I bought this from a fellow who got it from the estate of the OT who built it back in the early 1930’s.  I’ve probably had it for 15 years.  I looked that transmitter and receiver over from top to bottom hoping to find the OT’s call sign written in there.  I couldn’t find it.  Maybe you can.   I planned to restore it and put it on the air but I never got around to it.  I know there is real 1930’s electrons stuck in the tubes and wiring.  The transmitter uses a nice big fat crystal so I know it was early 30’s.  The OT’s receiver I believe is the ARRL Rationalized Autodyne by George Grammar, and that came out in QST January 1933 so I’m thinking 1933 to 1934.   The set up is for 80 meters.  I put pictures of the transmitter and receiver up on photobucket.com <http://photobucket.com/> at this location:  http://s1140.photobucket.com/user/651daisy/library/1930s CW Station <http://s1140.photobucket.com/user/651daisy/library/1930s%20CW%20Station> for your viewing

This album shows several pictures of the receiver and the transmitter.

On the transmitter, the plastic supports for the 80 meter coil long ago disintegrated.  The transmitter came to me with the coil laying flat on the transmitter because the plastic supports disintegrated and the coil just laid down as it sat on the OT”s shelf forever.  I bagged up the coil in a Baggie because it can be easily restored.  The  coils are plug in coils so I imagine this transmitter can  be made to work on 160m and 40 meters as well.  Just a guess.  

The receiver has a snazzy National teardrop style vernier dial on the front.  It has two Hammarund ceramic plug in coils marked 3500 on them.  

I don’t know anything else about them.  They’ve been sitting on my shelf for years.   They would be fabulous to restore and put on the air if you want.  If not, they have a lot of original 1930’s vintage parts in them if you decide to build your own transmitter and receiver. A lot of these parts are “unobtainium” these days

Asking $200 for the pair plus shipping.  Thanks, 73, Scott WA9WFA