[Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] Northern Radio Company type 450 model B Forestry Set

[David Stinson]

Thank you, Sean.  You did better than I.
Appreciate the links.

Dave S.

On 9/26/2020 6:22 PM, Sean Kelly wrote:
> Dave,
>
> That sure is neat! But I could only find basic information about the company from my search:
>
> Northern Radio Company
> Seattle based manufacturer from the 1940's and 50's
>
> https://rigreference.com/manufacturers/northern-radio-company
>
> Northern Radio had an interesting relationship to Technical Materiel Corp.
>
> http://tmchistory.org/NorthernRadio/northern_index.htm
>
> >From a catalog with SSB radios:
>
> Northern Radio Company A Subsidiary of RF Communications, Inc.
>
> http://tmchistory.org/NorthernRadio/Catalogs/RF_comm_brochure.pdf
>
> Here is a YT video, poster might have left YT, showing a large transmitter:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmb_sN7An6A
>
> Your radio sounds like fun :-)
>
> Sean
>
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> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2020 3:58 PM
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> Subject: [Milsurplus] Northern Radio Company type 450 model B Forestry Set
>
> A few years ago, I found a "forestry" radio marked
> with a BLM identifier and a tag saying it had done
> service in Alaska.  It is a Northern Radio Company
> of Seattle, WA type 450, model B.
>
> There was not information on the net about so
> I started tracing and poking around until I figured-out
> it was a six-channel xtal-controlled HF portable
> designed to run 25 W out screen-modulated AM
> from at least 3 to 9 MC.  Solid state
> except for a 6CL6 driving a 6146.  Runs on 12 VDC.
> Got it running and it's a sweet little talker.
> Photos at this link:
>
> https://goo.gl/photos/dmpa7cY3ddwfAUXc9
>
> I'm hoping that, after these last few years, some
> info on it might have surfaced.  Anyone?
>
> TNX OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S
>
>
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