Thomas Nickel's Page

"Did Scott make export Phantoms without 230V?"

"What´s about the following theory: About June of 1940 Scott noticed the conformity of the Phantom SS prefix with the German terror organisation and decided to change the prefix to EE. But some type labels (at least SS 277 to 289) were printed…"

"We in Germany should newer forget the suffering Germans and the SS had brought over the world. But falsification of a serial number  starting with SS - I cannot imagine that. Please, compare with an actual ebay Phantom offer of an American…"

"Norman, can you explain, what you mean? Thomas"

"It seems, the serial number prefix was changed from SS to EE. Is there any information about these different prefixes? On the picture you see the two AM- and FM blocks. The radio is housed in a Wellington cabinet. The German preowner got the device…"

"Hello Kent, my  AM&FM Phantom has  the sn EE289. It´s an early version with a separate FM chassis and 15" speaker. Thomas"