[Hammarlund] Oscar Hammarlund's clocks

[Todd Bigelow - PS]

Roy Morgan wrote:

> At 01:29 PM 12/16/03 -0500, EXITOR1@flash.net wrote:
>
>> I beleive that Oscar Hammarlund had passed away before
>> the HQ clock was placed in the production radios.
>>
>> However Oscar Hammarlund was previously employed by a
>> very famous watch maker (in his younger days).
>> I believe the watch maker was Elgin.
>>
>> His last wish might have been to build a radio with a
>> clock.
>
>
> Was it the "Model 19 Set", designed in England, that had a pocket 
> watch installed in the front panel?
>
> The purpose, of course, was to let the operator transmit at the 
> correct time according to the operational communications plan.
>
> Roy


Something they started in the previous war or maybe before as wireless 
found its place in the military. My old WWI Bristish MkIII 'Shortwave 
Receiver' (crystal set, resembles a BC-14 on steroids) has a 1918 date 
on it and has the holder inside the wooden cover for a pocketwatch. 
Since it was mainly used by artillery batteries to receive reports from 
spotter aircraft, I've always wondered about its usefulness. Wouldn't 
mind finding the correct timepiece for this one, along with more 
documentation/information. If you recall the old radios on the fireplace 
mantle when you visited Roy, it was on the top shelf center, straddled 
by a Radiola IIIA and Crosley Fiver on the right side and Aeriola 
Sr/Balanced amp on its left. Almost seems like we talked about the 
pocketwatch , too.

How's the RA-17UC coming along?

de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ