[Milsurplus] Forest Service Northern Radio Company Type 450

[Mike Morrow]

Dave,

I suppose the BLM 139341 number is likely related to the Bureau of Land Management. Too bad the crystals are missing.

I don't see anything to suggest its use by the Forest Service.  Was that what the seller claimed?

A neat and modern-looking device, in any event!

There's a very poor youtube post on a different piece of 1963 N.R.C. gear at

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmb_sN7An6A


Mike / KK5F


-----Original Message-----
>From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
>Sent: Jun 10, 2016 10:21 PM

>At HamCom in Dallas today, I found a cool little 
>Forest Service radio built by Northern Radio Company,
>called a "Type 450"  which came from a forest worker
>in Alaska.   1960s Transistor/Tube hybrid.
>6 Crystal controlled channels.  455 KC IF.
>Callsign penciled on it: "BLM 139341"
>I traced the primary power and can light it up.
>Audio stages are working.  
>The previous owner had it marked "10 and 15 meters"
>but the coils in it sure don't look like 10 meters.
>Appears to run on 6 VDC Battery.
>Nothing on Google.  Does anyone have any information
>on this neat little rig?  Photos at:
>
>https://goo.gl/photos/dmpa7cY3ddwfAUXc9
>
>Do have the case just forgot to take a photo.
>Anything?  Please?
>
>TNX OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S