[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] Northern Radio Company type 450 model B Forestry Set

[Nick England]

FWIW. Northern Radio of Seattle has no known connection with Northern Radio
of New York. The Seattle company did not have a connection with TMC.

Nick

On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 9:53 AM David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Thank you, Sean.  You did better than I.
>
> Appreciate the links.
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>
>
> Dave S.
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> On 9/26/2020 6:22 PM, Sean Kelly wrote:
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> > Dave,
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> >
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> > That sure is neat! But I could only find basic information about the
> company from my search:
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> >
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> > Northern Radio Company
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> > Seattle based manufacturer from the 1940's and 50's
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> >
>
> > https://rigreference.com/manufacturers/northern-radio-company
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> >
>
> > Northern Radio had an interesting relationship to Technical Materiel
> Corp.
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> >
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> > http://tmchistory.org/NorthernRadio/northern_index.htm
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> >
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> > >From a catalog with SSB radios:
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> >
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> > Northern Radio Company A Subsidiary of RF Communications, Inc.
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> >
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> > http://tmchistory.org/NorthernRadio/Catalogs/RF_comm_brochure.pdf
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> >
>
> > Here is a YT video, poster might have left YT, showing a large
> transmitter:
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> >
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> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmb_sN7An6A
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> >
>
> > Your radio sounds like fun :-)
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> >
>
> > Sean
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> >
>
> > ________________________________________
>
> > From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net <
> milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of David Stinson <
> arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
>
> > Sent: Friday, September 25, 2020 3:58 PM
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> > To: Boatanchors at mailman; milsurplus at mailman
>
> > Subject: [Milsurplus] Northern Radio Company type 450 model B Forestry
> Set
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> >
>
> > A few years ago, I found a "forestry" radio marked
>
> > with a BLM identifier and a tag saying it had done
>
> > service in Alaska.  It is a Northern Radio Company
>
> > of Seattle, WA type 450, model B.
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> >
>
> > There was not information on the net about so
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> > I started tracing and poking around until I figured-out
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> > it was a six-channel xtal-controlled HF portable
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> > designed to run 25 W out screen-modulated AM
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> > from at least 3 to 9 MC.  Solid state
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> > except for a 6CL6 driving a 6146.  Runs on 12 VDC.
>
> > Got it running and it's a sweet little talker.
>
> > Photos at this link:
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> >
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> > https://goo.gl/photos/dmpa7cY3ddwfAUXc9
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> >
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> > I'm hoping that, after these last few years, some
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> > info on it might have surfaced.  Anyone?
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> >
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> > TNX OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S
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> >
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