[Milsurplus] PSARA Auction July 16, 2017 Washington state

[John Poulton]

Hue and the group, note that there are TWO Northern Radios.  There's the
one in Seattle that was (and maybe is?) a manufacturer mostly of marine
radios.  Then there's the Northern Radio that was located in Manhattan,
founded by Sal Barone in the late 40's, that made items like the 253 and
others.  You can find manuals and other info about THAT Northern Radio at:

http://tmchistory.org/NorthernRadio/northern_index.htm

Northern made all sorts of equipment, but as time went on, they seem to
have somewhat specialized on wire-line TTY gizmos of various kinds.

Sal Barone worked for Press Wireless during WW2.. his boss at PreWi was Ray
de Pasquale, founder of TMC.  It's no accident that Northern and TMC
products had similar 'looks'.. :)

73, John K4OZY

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> Dave, that's a hell of a good point. I wondered about that dial some.
> First off, I'm sure it's' NOT "Northern Electric"; someone was not
> carefully listening when they
> took down the nomenclature. I'm sure it should be "Northern Radio" which
> was a Seattle manufacturer. Second, I have a Northern 253, and it is late
> 1930s style or
> immediate postwar, and Northern didn't buy parts like this for their
> tunable receivers, they built their own. Of course that National dial
> wouldn't last two weeks
> at sea in a fishing boat.
> The wild card is, it may be a "one-off" or special order type of thing. I
> would have to inspect it myself, which would be fun anyway. I think
> Northern Radio did have
> some special projects. I have a HRO Jr. labeled as a "Northern S-20"; the
> logging chart on front is marked with fish cannery stations in Alaska.
> Also have  a Forest
> Service radio, closest to type SP, which was supplied by Northern to the
> Forest Service, but which was apparently bought by Northern from another
> manufacturer.
>
> Thanks for your perceptive comment.
> -Hue
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Stinson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 7:55 AM
> To: Hubert Miller
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] PSARA Auction July 16, 2017 Washington state
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hubert Miller"
>
> >I am thinking I will be there myself to bid on the Northern 252 boat
> >radio.
>
> I'd take a closer look at that Northern, Hue.
> The National dial on the right looks suspect to me.
> Paper dial in a salt-water environment?
> Might be hacked.
>
> It's too bad that docs and manuals for Northern Electric marine radios are
> so hard to find.  They are cool sets.
>
>
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