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Old 11-30-2018, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn View Post
Hey Joe, I agree they're not much to look at. They are first most of historical significance to me because I basically live in the back yard of Setchell Carlson country, being only about 100 miles from where these were manufactured. The extra parts I had on hand actually came from a very poor 2nd example of my 2500. I found those two sets only a few years apart. It's hard telling just what else could show up from this company around here. When Setchell Carlson came out with that radio nicknamed "The Jet", they really brook the boring mold. Oddly enough I've never run across one of those locally.
Yes, it seems that they grew sizably after WWII, and, along with the "Jet", they became more well known. Before that they were rather piecemealed together radios often using generic cabinets. One thing I can say about my '40 S-C radio is that the chassis is actually a high quality one that performs above average. They didn't cut corners in that area.
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