[Hammarlund] super pro cabinet

[Joe Connor]

Thanks, Tom. Very interesting.
 
Here's a recent blurb about the Super Pro cabinet:
 
Beginning in July 1938, Hammarlund offered a customized SP-100 receiver in a floor standing console cabinet. The cabinet included doors that closed over the receiver panel and a 15" speaker with a bass reflex port. The receiver panel was faux finished walnut and had gold tone nomenclature along with brown knobs. The meter housing and dial escutcheons were trimmed gold and the dial masks were amber color instead of black. To assure that the receiver would appeal more to the shortwave listeners and home radio users, Hammarlund eliminated the front-panel control of the BFO, making it an internally set adjustment. The Crystal Filter option was not installed either. Otherwise, behind the panel the SP-150 receiver was a standard SP-100 series set.



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>From: Tom Lewis <n4tl2 at yahoo.com>
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>Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 8:05 PM
>Subject: [Hammarlund] super pro cabinet
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>There is an interesting article on pages 19 - 20 of Radio World November 1937.
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>It is about a console radio cabinet for the super pro.
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>You can down load it from this site.
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>http://www.we0h.us/Amateur_Radio_stuff/Radio_World_Nov_1937.pdf
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>73 Tom, N4TL
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What must have sounded like a great idea to Hammarlund, considering the success of Scott and McMurdo Silver high performance receivers, turned out to be a sales flop. The SP-150 was a superb receiver that was really never appreciated by very many people in the radio buying public. It just wouldn't do for hams - it had no BFO on the front and it was too big. It didn't have the Scott or McMurdo chrome chassis - how could you impress your friends? The rather plain cabinet couldn't compare to the flamboyant creations from Scott or McMurdo. As a high priced console, the SP-150 couldn't find many admirers even though it performed as well as any Scott or McMurdo and had a more accurate dial readout. Only about 70 were ever built, making it one of the most difficult Super-Pro receivers to find.
 
Here's the entire site: http://www.radioblvd.com/hammarlund_super_pro.htm
 
                  
                Joe Connor