[Milsurplus] HRO

[AKLDGUY]

Interesting stuff. Glad to be of help. By coincidence, I and a couple of
others checked out the two Collier and Beale sets at Musick Point on
Wednesday the 9th. They both worked, despite not being run for some
considerable time.

Neil ZL1ANM

On Friday, May 11, 2018, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Neil, for the lead !
> I wanted to know more and found descriptions at
> http://www.nzvrs.pl.net/ccc/941SWB/941swb%20item.pdf
> I also hoped to be able to find a model or name for these receivers.
> There were apparently two manufacturing series, 1938 and 1941-1942.
> The receivers are identified by series . So in a summary of 'HRO copies'
> you would say something like,
> "N.Z. receivers model series 938SWB and 941SWB".
> Apparently, this approximately is based on, "9 valves + year of series +
> Short Wave Band".
> If the receiver was a special one with MF coils also, this counted as a
> different band and the nameplate would read,
> "941SWB1".  The total production is reckoned at  <= 200. Coils sets bore
> the radio's serial number - I think this is
> different from other countries' HROs ? No crystal filter - "some"
> receivers built with variable selectivity by switched
> IF transformer link coupling.
> Must have been expensive to produce such quality work in such low numbers.
> But - if you can't get the supplies
> in wartime, you have to do what you can.
> Possibly more than you wanted to know about this receiver, but I'm
> partially posting this so I can save the brief
> info in my archive.
> -Hue
>
>
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