[ForSale-Swap] FS: R390-A, PM-23, Hammarlund, BC-455-A, more

[Don Merz]

For Sale: Valentines Day Gift Ideas. All prices plus
shipping.

R-390/A receiver s/n 2626 made by Electronic
Assistance Corp. With meters and covers. Weird
corrosion on big knobs and handles. The rest of the
radio looks fine. Tuning and band change seem to work
well. Otherwise untested and as-is. $550

Hallicrafters PM-23 speaker without the H letter on
the grille. Light surface rust on grille and paint
with some scrapes and scuffs. Do something about the
grille,  shine up the paint and this would be a nice
looking speaker for your SX-28 –25 etc. The driver is
not original. $55

Hammarlund small speaker. Just when you thought you’d
seen all of the Hammarlund speakers, along comes this
tiny thing. It has the gray Hammarlund paint scheme,
the Hammarlund grille cloth and the Hammarlund speaker
shape but it’s 7x8x8.5 high. The trim ring has been
painted black around the flat outer side. Facing
front, the trim ring is the normal Hammarlund
dull-silver. The black may be original or may not be.
Driver is likely original. No Hammarlund logo plate.
No tags. $55

Harvey Wells ATR-3 aircraft receiver with vibrapack.
Looks all original including knobs and dial. Should
clean up very nice. $60

SCR-274N Black radio receiver BC-455-A made by Western
Electric under a 1941 contract. The BC-455-A covers
6-9.1mc. All original with original connectors,
dynamotor mounts, etc. Has paint and surface corrosion
problems. The tube cover is 30% peeled off. But the
rest of the paint is much better. The antenna
connector has been bent and the aluminum around it
will need mild straightening. Missing the crystal. But
all tubes are present. No FT-230-A box (see below).
Easy clean and restoration. $45

SCR-274N FT-230-A box that plugs in below the tuning
dial on the command set receivers. All original. Some
paint peeling. $25

QST From The 20’s and 30’s.
1927: 	August. Cover poor. $2
	November. Cover poor. $2
1928:	April. Cover stains. $2
	May. Cover dirty. $2
	June. Cover has stuff stuck to it. $2
	July: Cover stains. Binding edge damage. $2
	August. Cover slightly dirty. $2
	September. Cover slightly dirty. $2
1938:	May. Nice. $2
	July. Paint on cover. $1
	August. Cover poor. $1
	September. Cover poor. $1
	October. Cover poor. $1
	November. Cover poor. $1
1939: 	February. Nice. $2
	May. Nice. $2
	June. No cover. $0.50	
        July. Cover spot near top. $1
        August. No cover. $0.50

Off-Topic (Don’t look!!)

Ultimate WWII Submarine Book Collection? Is this it?
You be the judge. $39 for the whole set including US
Media Mail Postage.
1) Silent Victory, by Clay Blair jr., Volumes 1 and 2,
hardback with dust jackets. Completely covers the US
Submarine War Against Japan.
2) Hitler’s U-Boat War, by Clay Blair, Volumes 1 and
2, paperback. Completely covers the submarine war in
the Atlantic.
3) Clear The Bridge! By Admiral Richard H. O’Kane,
USN, covers the war patrols of the USS Tang as told by
her captain. The best submarine book ever. Paperback.
4) Bowfin, by Edwin P Hoyt, The True Story Of A Fabled
Fleet Submarine of WWII. Hoyt tells it from the patrol
reports of the sub and it’s a bit dry at times but
warms up as you read on.
5) U-Boat –977 by Heinz Shaeffer (her captain). Famous
story of the WWII submarine that “escaped” to
Argentina at the end of the war (supposedly carrying
Hitler). Vintage 1952 paperback. Marvelously
entertaining throughout.

Thanks for looking.
73, Don Merz, N3RHT