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Old March 6th 05, 04:37 AM
Chris Bowne
 
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Scott sold them for $250 in their retail showrooms just after the war ended
and they apparently were stuck with ones that the Navy no longer wanted. My
great uncle bought one in late '45 as a replacement for a pre-war Scott
Philharmonic. As they were two completely different types of sets, my great
uncle, who was expecting Philharmonic-like performance, was never really
happy with the SLRM, But about 20 years later, it was given to me and
became my first real short wave receiver. I used it for many years as the
main receiver in my ham station, and still have it. Really nice ones seem
to go for about the same $250 today. The quality and craftmanship of SLRM
is outstanding. Its main drawback as a ham receiver is weak BFO injection
(there is no direct coupling of the BFO to the IF, just stray pickup!). I
added a gimmick cap formed with a twisted length of two small wires between
the BFO cathode and the 2nd IF grid which helped ut quite a bit. They have
great sound for what they are. Scott sold them with Hallicrafters PM23
speakers (the SX28's speaker).

Good luck with yours - hope you get a good price, or better yet -keep it and
enjoy it!

73,
Chris Bowne
AJ1G
Stonington, CT

wrote in message
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I'm trying to establish the value of a Scott Marine Radio SLRM. The
radio is complete and in very good condition including a working magic
eye. I also have the manual for the military equivelant, the CZC-46270
Radio Receiver. The manual is clearly aged but is also complete wih no
missing pages including the fold out schematic in back. I've checked
ebay and the web but apparently these aren't particularly common.
Either opinions or pointers to other sources of information would be
appreciated.

Thanks