1929 Northland TRF with Shortwave and the B-1B Bomber - Printable Version

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1929 Northland TRF with Shortwave and the B-1B Bomber - Phlogiston - 11-09-2016

I just finished this very rare Northland radio.

   

The story and restoration details along with some videos of it in service are on my blog.

http://www.russoldradios.com/blog

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RE: 1929 Northland TRF with Shortwave - KCMike - 11-09-2016

 That's a vey good looking radio.
Your restoration thread was very interesting and informative...
  I really liked your work around of the pot metal problem with the tuner.
 Great job.

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RE: 1929 Northland TRF with Shortwave - morzh - 11-09-2016

Great looking piece! Very original.

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RE: 1929 Northland TRF with Shortwave - Phlogiston - 11-09-2016

Thanks. I almost gave up on it.

   

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RE: 1929 Northland TRF with Shortwave - klondike98 - 11-09-2016

Russ, I posted some info (in the comments section) on the fellow who signed the chassis, Walter Albert Spivak, on your blog page.  It turns out he became the Chief Engineer for North American and was involved with production of the XB-70 bomber (and probably quite a few other things.)  In 1928-29 he was at the University of Minnesota and in August was probably working a summer job at the Northland radio plant in Minneapolis.  

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RE: 1929 Northland TRF with Shortwave - Phlogiston - 11-09-2016

That is SO COOL Bob!

I moved your comment out to the body of the post so that nobody would miss it.

I did not really think Walter would be identified.

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RE: 1929 Northland TRF with Shortwave - klondike98 - 11-09-2016


Yes, it was fun tracking him down too.

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