[Milsurplus] Pan Am radio equipment

[Mike Hanz]

Thank you, sir.  For a whimsical moment, I can almost believe that the 
dials were chosen specifically for their additive beneficial effects on 
the passengers' aesthetic sensibilities, garbed as they were with Hue's 
lamented suits, ties, and formal dresses for travel.  :-P   

No reply necessary...this is moving too far into the Twilight Zone of 
speculation...heh, heh...

 - Mike  KC4TOS

Michael Bittner wrote:
> I see the Type B is in my 1940 Allied Radio catalog, but not in 1941 or 
> thereafter.  At least that's a clue.
> Mike W6MAB
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Hanz" <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
>> Any idea when National might have ended the manufacturing of the Type B,
>> Michael?  It's a beautiful piece of Art Deco, as well as having a well
>> regarded functionality.
>>
>> Michael Bittner wrote:
>>     
>>> IMHO, nothing beats the National Type B dial for regenerative
>>> receivers - the only vernier dial with a gear shift.  See one on my
>>> homebrew regen in ER #195, page 22 and at
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/NIB-National-Radio-FB7-SW3-Vernier-Dial_W0QQitemZ160415052881