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

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

"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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Los Angeles, CA, USA




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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


"Richard Knoppow" wrote in message
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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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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA



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"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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Los Angeles, CA, USA




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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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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA


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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

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

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

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

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