Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

If you have the bandwidth to download a 13-megabyte PDF file, check out this
scan of November 1937 Radio World (the link at the bottom, page 19).

I had no idea that Hammarlund sold their Super-Pro receiver in a console
cabinet with bass reflex speaker system. I wonder if any of these survive.

The only similar items I've seen are the R-12 console speaker cabinet for
the Hallicrafters SX-28 and the Halli dual-diversity receiver with cabinet:

http://www.radioblvd.com/DiversityDD1.html

Phil Nelson

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From: Gene
Subject: Radio World November 1937....


.....Can be read he

ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/genet/radi...d_Nov_1937.pdf

Server a bit slow sometimes, but be patient, the link does work!

Approximately 13 Mb download.

Public domain, share freely with everyone.

Enjoy,
-Gene

Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

The 1942 Radio Handbook has an ad with one of those in it. I know I have
seen photos of these radios in hamshacks in one or more of the old radio
magazines, so there were some sold.

Colin

Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

"COLIN LAMB" wrote in message
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The 1942 Radio Handbook has an ad with one of those in it.
I know I have seen photos of these radios in hamshacks in
one or more of the old radio magazines, so there were some
sold.

Colin
I also remember seeing an ad for it, actually I think a
product announcement, in an ancient magazine called
_Communications_. I had a collection of these at one time
but I think they were lost in some move.
The Super-Pro has excellent audio quality because of
its symmetrical wide-band IF and good audio amp. A very
expensive RX at the time.


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Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

I am a member of the Antique Wireless Association, and we have a Super Pro
in the floor model cabinet in our museum in Bloomfield NY.
Apparently there were not a lot of these sold. It is a beautiful radio.

Lynn W2BSN


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"COLIN LAMB" wrote in message
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The 1942 Radio Handbook has an ad with one of those in it. I know I have
seen photos of these radios in hamshacks in one or more of the old radio
magazines, so there were some sold.

Colin
I also remember seeing an ad for it, actually I think a product
announcement, in an ancient magazine called _Communications_. I had a
collection of these at one time but I think they were lost in some move.
The Super-Pro has excellent audio quality because of its symmetrical
wide-band IF and good audio amp. A very expensive RX at the time.


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Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

"Lynn Bisha" wrote in message
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I am a member of the Antique Wireless Association, and we
have a Super Pro in the floor model cabinet in our museum
in Bloomfield NY.
Apparently there were not a lot of these sold. It is a
beautiful radio.

Lynn W2BSN


I suspect they were special order. The Super-Pro itself
was the most expensive general coverage radio on the market
during its lifetime. Add to that the cost of a custom
cabinet and good quality loudspeaker and you have something
not many could afford. I would guess the combination at
around $600 to $800 U.S. While one can't get exact
translation of money values from the past somewhere between
10x to 20x is probably about right. Remember that in the
1930's and early 1940's a new car could be bought for around
$500.


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On Feb 28, 8:35 pm, "Richard Knoppow" wrote:
"Lynn Bisha" wrote in message

...

I am a member of the Antique Wireless Association, and we
have a Super Pro in the floor model cabinet in our museum
in Bloomfield NY.
Apparently there were not a lot of these sold. It is a
beautiful radio.

Lynn W2BSN

I suspect they were special order. The Super-Pro itself
was the most expensive general coverage radio on the market
during its lifetime. Add to that the cost of a custom
cabinet and good quality loudspeaker and you have something
not many could afford. I would guess the combination at
around $600 to $800 U.S. While one can't get exact
translation of money values from the past somewhere between
10x to 20x is probably about right. Remember that in the
1930's and early 1940's a new car could be bought for around
$500.

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Two pictures can be seen he http://www.hammarlund.info/pic.html

Scroll about halfwayd down, just above the JX-17 pic.

Harold

Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

Two pictures can be seen he http://www.hammarlund.info/pic.html

Interesting. It's hard to tell from those little photos -- is the front
panel made of wood, or metal painted with a wood grain?

I assumed the front panel was plain metal, from looking at the photo in the
magazine article. But that, too, is not very clear.

Phil Nelson

Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

On Mar 2, 1:30 pm, "Phil Nelson" wrote:
Two pictures can be seen he http://www.hammarlund.info/pic.html

Interesting. It's hard to tell from those little photos -- is the front
panel made of wood, or metal painted with a wood grain?

I assumed the front panel was plain metal, from looking at the photo in the
magazine article. But that, too, is not very clear.

Phil Nelson

That particular picture was of the faux wood grained metal front
panel. There were some with the regular black silk screened panel.
According to records, only 80-90 were produced with the wood grained
front panel.

Harold

Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

According to records, only 80-90 were produced with the wood grained
front panel.

Any idea how many of these were produced in total?

Phil Nelson

Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

On Mar 2, 4:30 pm, "Phil Nelson" wrote:
According to records, only 80-90 were produced with the wood grained
front panel.

Any idea how many of these were produced in total?

Phil Nelson

No clear cut guesstimate, but 100-200 would probably be about right. I
have a price sheet somewhere, let me find it and reply tomorrow.

Harold

Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

On Mar 2, 4:30 pm, "Phil Nelson" wrote:
According to records, only 80-90 were produced with the wood grained
front panel.

Any idea how many of these were produced in total?

Phil Nelson

They sold for $550.00 when new, the fancy wood grained front panel
version was designated SP-150S (special)

Harold

Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

They sold for $550.00 when new

About the price of a new car at the time?

Phil

Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
 

"Phil Nelson" wrote in message
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They sold for $550.00 when new

About the price of a new car at the time?

Phil

There were cars available for not more than about $800.
It was a lot of money.
1945 catalogue prices for the Super-Pro give prices of
$425 for the rack mounting receivers, $15 for a table
cabinet, and $20 for a 10" loudspeaker in cabinet. The
deluxe wood floor cabinet is not mentioned but this is not a
complete catalogue. There is a deluxe version of the HRO in
a table size rack with a combination power supply and coil
holder for $475. The most expensive receiver is the
Hallicrafters S-37, which covered 130 to 210 mhz, $591.75
plus $15 for a speaker in cabinet. For comparison the SX-28A
Super Skyrider in a table cabinet was $223 plus $15 for a
speaker in a cabinet.
There is a relative purchasing power calculator
at:http://www.measuringworth.com/calcul...erus/index.php
According to this $550 in 1945 is equivalent to about
$6200 in 2006 money. For 1939 the value is nearly $8000.
Remember that many working people made less than $5000 a
year during this time. For car prices see:
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/40scars.html
The average was around $1000 but cars were available for
well under this.
Probably discounts applied to both car and radio prices
but, nonetheless, the top of the line receivers were _very_
expensive items.
Some clue to wages can be found at the same site at:
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1940s.html
Average wage for 1940 is given as around $1725.00


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"Harold" wrote in message
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On Mar 2, 4:30 pm, "Phil Nelson"
wrote:
According to records, only 80-90 were produced with the
wood grained
front panel.

Any idea how many of these were produced in total?

Phil Nelson

They sold for $550.00 when new, the fancy wood grained
front panel
version was designated SP-150S (special)

Harold

From the photo these were specials without the crystal
filter or BFO, strictly for high fidelity broadcast
reception. A similar model was available in rack mount for
broadcast station monitoring. I am not sure about the SP-200
and later series but the first Super-Pros (SP-100) could be
bought without the crystal filter at a lower price.


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