William Abbott's Posts - EH Scott Radio Enthusiasts2024-03-29T08:57:55ZWilliam Abbotthttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/WilliamAbbotthttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2808633005?profile=original&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://ehscott.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=19gpezqtqhyc8&xn_auth=noThanks, Normtag:ehscott.ning.com,2013-01-09:3925821:BlogPost:338132013-01-09T01:40:46.000ZWilliam Abbotthttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/WilliamAbbott
<p>Hey Norm:</p>
<p> Thanks for responding. I guess I'll get some Brasso and Q-Tips and shine it up. Probably see if it works. Don't have an outside antenna here, feel a little old for climbing trees but it'll be good to get my other radios a stronger signal. So do you collector guys actually listen to your radios? I had a guy tell me I could listen to all that on the Internet and I said "But what fun would that be?"</p>
<p> Gotta admit I like reading the old ads, and trying to…</p>
<p>Hey Norm:</p>
<p> Thanks for responding. I guess I'll get some Brasso and Q-Tips and shine it up. Probably see if it works. Don't have an outside antenna here, feel a little old for climbing trees but it'll be good to get my other radios a stronger signal. So do you collector guys actually listen to your radios? I had a guy tell me I could listen to all that on the Internet and I said "But what fun would that be?"</p>
<p> Gotta admit I like reading the old ads, and trying to imagine the history of radio. Read a good book on the history of Ham radio which had some insights into early radio in general. It's "The World of Ham Radio, 1901--1950, A Social History", by Richard A. Bartlett. OK this is straying far from E. H. Scott in his famous days but he would have been a kid back then and I suppose he had a crystal set, and wanted to make it work better.</p>Got Scotttag:ehscott.ning.com,2013-01-07:3925821:BlogPost:338062013-01-07T02:14:16.000ZWilliam Abbotthttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/WilliamAbbott
<p> Hi Folks: I got the tuner part of a 1940 Philharmonic in 1992. I got some paperwork too, had to make a power supply (including -150 volts) but I got it going. I am still an active SWL, haven't used the Phil since 1993, but reviewing my log I see that I DXed the AM band and logged a station almost every 10Kc. Of course that's an exaggeration but I got about half of them. With a 60 foot long wire, here in the densely populated East. I remember well my DX record, one night I tuned in…</p>
<p> Hi Folks: I got the tuner part of a 1940 Philharmonic in 1992. I got some paperwork too, had to make a power supply (including -150 volts) but I got it going. I am still an active SWL, haven't used the Phil since 1993, but reviewing my log I see that I DXed the AM band and logged a station almost every 10Kc. Of course that's an exaggeration but I got about half of them. With a 60 foot long wire, here in the densely populated East. I remember well my DX record, one night I tuned in 850 AM and waited and after about half an hour KOA Denver floated in and stayed for 15 minutes. I DX the AM band a lot, it's getting tougher with local interference. I don't use the Scott anymore, it's been getting dusty for 18 years. It was the top performing radio I can remember having. A little inconvenient for size, weight, and needing my clumsy power supply and an outboard audio amp. I have some printed material too: (copied), a history of E.H. Scott , with a bunch of photos; some Scott advertising pamphlets, one is dated 1942, glossy, surprises me because other Scott publications implied in 1940-41 that due to defense department needs, they couldn't make radios for the public. Some of the copied stuff is from Scott Transformer Co. radios of the 20's. As a tech/engineer type, I have always scoffed at the claims of the advertising, and the Scott ads are fun because they are such B.S.! But the radios were excellent - at least mine has been. </p>
<p> It's time to sell it, let somebody else get some good out of it. It's just the main chassis, with finished front wood rectangle, AM-FM, light bulb dial indicators, all the knobs, glass not cracked. I have no idea if the FM works. It seems to have a hot spot on the RF gain control when it's about 1/4 turn up, but actually it's kind of handy having screaming high gain in the RF sometimes. Whaddya think it's worth? Anybody interested? If I could figure out how to work this new-fangled computer I would send you the printed stuff. Lemme know.</p>