[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] Plexiglass and the 1935 Station Project.

[Ray Fantini]

The first HRO receiver introduced in 1935 with coils, cabinet and power supply cost about $200 in compression other advanced receivers like the RME-69 was around $135 and the Hammarlund Comet at $115 the cheapest radios were things like the National FB-7 for $55 being the first affordable superhet and Nationals  SW-3 regenerative receivers. 
Would assume that not many except the well off Ham had the HRO as a station receiver and most had FB-7 or the regenerative SW-3 receivers.  There was a HRO Jr. that was introduced in 36 that sold for $99 but that did not include the cabinet, power supply or speaker and don't know how many coils it came with. If you did a post war ham station then the HRO fits in better being that many were for sale surplus after the war but then you get into the golden age of hacked command sets!
Funny thing is that there are more HRO receivers around today so it would cost way less to buy a HRO receiver then to try to find a National FB-7 or SW-3. I saw a Hammarlund Comet at Richmond couple weeks back for $100 that needed restoration and a HRO-5 for $300 with the power supply, rack and coils but have not seen any of the old National FB-7 or SW-3 stuff at a Hamfest for some time now.

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Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 1:51 PM
To: David Stinson
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Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] Plexiglass and the 1935 Station Project.

In which case you might consider building up a one or two tube regen to pair with the xmtr as opposed to that (very nice) HRO.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Feb 17, 2012, at 9:24 AM, David Stinson wrote (in part):

> I'm building a 1935-era station and want it to represent what a young, 
> new ham would actually have used to make his first QSOs.

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