[Hammarlund] Ronald McDonald's SP-600

[Richard Knoppow]

     Are you sure that is Northern Electric or is it Northern Radio?

On 3/8/2026 6:03 AM, thoyer1 at verizon.net wrote:
> I have a CR-91A with a Northern Electric label on the front and an sP-600
> with a Northern Electric ID plate on it. Yup, two different entities......
> 
> Tom
> W3TA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hammarlund-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> <hammarlund-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Jacques Fortin
> Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2026 9:43 PM
> To: 'D LAST_NAME_SHORT: T' <k0dan at comcast.net>; 'dickburk'
> <dickburk at ix.netcom.com>; ranickels at gmail.com; hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Ronald McDonald's SP-600
> 
> Well... I'm sorry but...
> Northern RADIO (New York) have nothing to do with Northern ELECTRIC (Toronto
> + Montreal).
> Northern Electric was the manufacturing arm of Bell Canada (counterpart of
> Western Electric).
>  From the ID tag of the modified SP-600s, they were modified by Northern
> RADIO in New York.
> 
> 73, Jacques, VE2JFE in Montreal
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : D LAST_NAME_SHORT: T <k0dan at comcast.net> Envoyé : 7 mars 2026 10:05 À :
> Jacques Fortin <jacques.f at videotron.ca>; dickburk <dickburk at ix.netcom.com>;
> ranickels at gmail.com; hammarlund at mailman.qth.net Objet : Re: [Hammarlund]
> Ronald McDonald's SP-600
> 
> I believe Northern Electric modified stock SP600's under govt contract (Cold
> War) for the Navy? The mod was specifically for diversity RTTY reception.
> 
> I've had the model in the photo for a decade or more...it is a gem and
> pleasure to use. Of course I'm using it as a straightforward general purpose
> receiver (500 kHz thru 56 mHz). No product detector but it copies sideband
> fine using RF gain and volume controls.
> 
> I am thinning out my boatanchor collection, and this receiver is available
> for those who wish to add it to theirs.
> 
> 73,
> Dan
> K0DAN
> Kansas City
> 
>> On 03/06/2026 9:41 PM CST Jacques Fortin <jacques.f at videotron.ca> wrote:
>>
>>   
>> Northern Electric ?
>> OMG, why ?
>> I worked for the company when it became Nortel.
>> You do not want to know what happened with...
>>
>> 73, Jacques, VE2JFE in Montreal
>>
>> Perhaps Northern Electric. The built SP600 fro diversity use. The
>> JX-17
> version of the SP-600 was very similar. AFAIK these were painted in standard
> SP-600 colors.  It's possible fairly large lots of receivers might have been
> finished in custom colors for some customers.Sent from my GalaxyRichard
> KnoppowLos angelesWB6KBL
>>
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