George McCouch wrote:

In article et,

Is the CM1 the reciever that used the same tube for all receiver
stages? I think it was supposed to compete with the Drake 2A and 2B in
the early 60s. I have seen them but never used one. How did they work?
Did they approach the performance of the 2B?

73
George
K3UD


They are no 2B- but still a nice RX- They were about 2/3 the cost of a 2B ($175
for the CM-1). 5 6AW8A's- triode/pentode. It is really an 80M RX with xtal
controlled converters for the other bands. In a day when even the nicest
Hallicrafters or Hammarlunds sported 50 Kc calibration marks- the CM-1 had marks
every 10 KHz on all bands- and of course, the stability of an 80M RX on 10M. They
came in 2 styles all grey front panel with horizontal black pin striping 2/3 the
way up and a black freq window bezel and a panel that was black on the upper 1/3
with a grey freq bezel. The former, in my opinion is the snazzier looking RX.
Even rarer than the CM-1 is the matching CMS-1 speaker. The grill cloth is black
with a gold painted "thread" pattern making loops through out. I have recreated
the cloth using a special gold acrylic paint- awfully close to the original cloth.

BTW, Collins S-Line grey is a near perfect match for the Mosley colors.
I have a nice difital pix of my CM-1 and CMS-1 if anyone would like to see it.
Dale W4OP