08-09-2008, 09:26 PM
Nova-Tech did make quite a few radios for use by pilots, and judging from one I have, they were good sets. Early Japan stuff, and good performers.
The one I have is a transistor set, and is known as "Pilot II". Without looking, I think it has the same coverage mentioned in your early post. Since these sets were all postwar II, I wonder if the dope would be in a Sams folder. I can check. I have a few hundred Sams folders in my garage in boxes and file cabinets. I'll look for the set in them, before I give them away, or take them to a paper drive.
This little NovaTech I have picks up the airliners and the Detroit Metro airport traffic. It's a remarkable set, and was probably not cheap at the time.
Prior to WW II, Lear made that stuff, and the portable sets were tube chassis. I even have one made by Bendix; another nice tube portable.
The one I have is a transistor set, and is known as "Pilot II". Without looking, I think it has the same coverage mentioned in your early post. Since these sets were all postwar II, I wonder if the dope would be in a Sams folder. I can check. I have a few hundred Sams folders in my garage in boxes and file cabinets. I'll look for the set in them, before I give them away, or take them to a paper drive.
This little NovaTech I have picks up the airliners and the Detroit Metro airport traffic. It's a remarkable set, and was probably not cheap at the time.
Prior to WW II, Lear made that stuff, and the portable sets were tube chassis. I even have one made by Bendix; another nice tube portable.
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