"I hate to say this, but there are a lot of Scott WWII sets out there. I have several I would GIVE to a collector who would be interested in having one. They are both heavy and good performers. Unfortunately, they are too heavy to ship, unless you…"
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Revise Web Site - Member Input WANTED
Started this discussion. Last reply by Scott Seickel Jul 7. 8 Replies 0 Likes
I'd like some member input here!Our current provider doesn't have an ideal format for what we need/use for our web site. Some folks post to blogs, some to forums. Forum messages are all lumped…Continue
FM Tuner problem
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill Liers Jun 20. 8 Replies 0 Likes
I am restoring my FM Tuner. I have discovered it is different than the factory diagram (not a huge surprise with Scott). Note the difference in the eye tube circuit - clearly original wiring, but…Continue
Scott items for sale
Started this discussion. Last reply by David C. Poland Jun 18. 19 Replies 0 Likes
I spoke with a gentleman yesterday who has a number of Scott items he wants to sell. If you have any interest in these, please message me and I can provide more info. I do not have…Continue
Just Friendly Chats (hereafter: JFC)
Started Jun 4 0 Replies 0 Likes
Over in the discussion on "Silver Ghosts", fellow member Doug Smith mentioned he has a copy of Just Friendly Chats. Given Doug's description, he has a very rare, hardbound version of JFC. I have the…Continue
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"I'll have to look, but I may have an AW23 power transformer. If you two figure something out, I'll check...
Kent"
Auction find
Picked up this one at an auction in Indiana. Disgustingly dirty, but salvageable. Had the 15 in speaker, tweeters, and a Tauscher sound board! Cabinet is good to start...the whole set will require a lot of work but will be saved.See More
"He did mention it: F-770. I'll post some pics."
"Folks - I've visited Ron and he has some very restorable sets. Send him a note if you want more info!
Kent"
"Kent, I see on FB that some lucky guy found a pointer-dial Philly for a really good price! Has he sent you the serial number yet? ;) **wink wink**"
"Power supply will take time, they don't turn up often. I may have the switch you need, I will check in the next day or two...
Kent"
"Thanks Larry - That sounds like it will be a great sale. If you have anything you can't identify, please shoot me a note, I'll be happy to help. And I will be very interested in all the serial numbers. Keep us posted!
Kent"
"If you want serial numbers, I've got a lot coming your way in the future. I've spent the last three days working harder than I have in a long time removing Scott radios and equipment from houses, attics, rafters, tornado shelters,…"
"Fairly difficult...it is a 21 wire cable, and the remote "head" is unique to Scott. Every once in awhile one will appear, they generally command around $500 or so. Warning: they used a control that looks the same from 1937 through the 800B…"
"Yes, this is a remote control set. Nice find, although it certainly needs some love.
Kent"
"Both these sets should be Philharmonics. Please confirm. Do you want dates? For the BB chassis, before Nov 1937, one of the first Philly's. I'd guess it is a pointer dial set. The KK chassis, early 1938 (Q1). Probably another pointer dial,…"
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Auction find
Posted on July 26, 2020 at 2:18pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
Picked up this one at an auction in Indiana. Disgustingly dirty, but salvageable. Had the 15 in speaker, tweeters, and a Tauscher sound board! Cabinet is good to start...the whole set will require a lot of work but will be saved.
Phish Tales
Posted on July 3, 2018 at 10:33am 0 Comments 2 Likes
All - The moderators removed an account that was a bit "phishy" today. We try hard to keep these folks off the forum, but every once in awhile, one gets in. Please ignore/delete any questionable messages and let's keep on talking Scotts!
Kent
Super XII Troubleshooting & Alignment
Posted on July 10, 2017 at 8:04am 1 Comment 0 Likes
I've spent several days working on a particularly difficult chassis and learned something I thought I'd share. First, here is what I had to start with: A nice single chassis Super XII. The IF aligned beautifully, and the 3 SW bands also aligned "by the book". The set sounded great on any SW band, AM was basically dead. There are only 3 things that are AM only, so I verified each coil. While checking continuity on the oscillator coil, I happened to notice that the 1K resistor seemed to move a…
ContinueSuper XII Restoration
Posted on January 27, 2017 at 1:48pm 8 Comments 0 Likes
A Fast Tour
The first step I always take is to remove all the tubes, shields, covers and anything else that can be removed from the chassis. This leaves us with something that looks like this:
And underneath we have:…
Comment Wall (18 comments)
- At 4:54pm on March 3, 2010,
Merle Jones said…
- Hello Kent, long time since we've last spoke. Thanks for the invite. I look forward to conversing with you and all the other Scott collectors and seeing their nice radios. -Merle
- At 6:34pm on May 23, 2011,
Thomas Day said…
Kent;
In a post you mentioned having a check list for the allwave 23. Is there a link to that here?
Having a new transformer made and want to be sure everything else is good. The power supply had been re capped at some point. Haven't looked at the main chassis yet except to determine that it needed one tube which I have replaced. I have the operation and service manuals coming from Great Northern.
Thanks
Thom
- At 10:20pm on April 1, 2012,
Renee A. Zeller said…
Kent.....thank you..... I would love more information on the Sheraton cabinet with a Laureate chassis - if you could provide some PDF's that would be wonderful. This has been sitting in the corner of my Great Grandfathers cabin ever since I was young.....I never realized what it was until last summer when I uncovered it and looked at it....but I finally took some pictures so I could ask about it. Thank you again for your time.....I may bug you again with a few more questions when I take a look at it closer this Spring when I am up North at the cabin! Renee:). If you'd like to email the PDF's my e-mail is renee54636@charter.net Thanks:)
- At 11:35am on December 28, 2012,
Richard Green said…
Kent, got a quick question. In photos 19 thru 24 of your photos, what is that device? I have something like that has either 5 or 6 of those tubes.
Thanks,
Richard
- At 4:05pm on December 28, 2012,
Kent King said…
That is the Scott FM converter...it changes 88-108 FM down to 42-50 so that the older FM tuners could receive the modern band established post-war. The 717A tubes are used in a number of higher frequency applications. If your device has 5 or 6 of them, it could be most anything....
- At 7:46pm on December 28, 2012,
Thanks,
I'll have to dig it out of the garage tomorrow. Maybe I can find out more info from google, now what I know it is.
Richard
aka pslmsngr
- At 8:23pm on March 2, 2013,
Hi Kent,
I am not sure what to do with this one. I thought I may be able
to strip it and re-crome, but that would stretch my abilities quite a bit.
I'm sure I could get it to work if it was just a re-capp and resistor/coil
check, its not so difficult electrically. All the parts are there. The cabinet is nice, the original owner stripped it so it just needs a refinish. I really don’t want to pay
much for a good chassis, so I am not sure what to do. I'll have to check
the serial number and get back to you.
Steve
- At 7:49am on March 4, 2013,
Steve -
I would like the serial number for my research. Actually, rechroming a 23 will probably cost as much (if not more) than locating a nice chassis....so it you want to get it operating, I'd say "Go for it". You are right, even if it isn't pretty, you will be able to make it play, and it will sound great. It's worth the effort! If you need anything along the way, just ask, folks here are always glad to help!
Kent
- At 8:38am on December 28, 2013,
Hi Kent,
Working on pics and serial #'s, but what is meant by the term "Serbs"?
Thanks, Darrell
- At 6:33pm on November 19, 2016,
Joseph W Strickland said…
Kent;
I have been cleaning up the schematic for the early (Feb. 1946) schematics for the 800B. Here are those two pages. I am working on another page that combines the radio tuner circuit and the electric tuning circuit on one page. The paper size is printable on 11 X 17 inch paper for the two files included here.
Joe
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