[Milsurplus] PAR ( Pan American Radio ) 35C

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Hue,

Thanks for the pictures and the description. You have a nice collection of radios manufactured there in the Northwest.

Mike N2MS


> On 08/30/2023 2:39 PM EDT Hubert Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Here is a boat radio built in Seattle WA in the early 1950s. Some readers will recognize many parts as coming from war surplus military radio 
> production. PAR went out of business in pretty short order, probably no later than 1955. Some of their ads ran in the back of Pacific Fisherman
> magazine. ( If you have any copies, or know where there are original paper issues available, please let me know ! )  Way back in PSARA history,
> there was a fellow from Bremerton who had worked for PAR. Unfortunately, i never followed up this opportunity and i failed to interview him.
> When i opened up the radio, i was surprised to see 2 rather unique tubes, the dualtriode 815, in the RF PA and modulator seats.  The radio is
> crystal controlled transmit 2 MHz marine band and tunable in two bands over 0.54 to 7 MHz. The PS is a "Command Sets" dynamotor base .
> Supply is 32 volts. I assume the "35" means 35 watts input.
> -Hue Miller 
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