Admiral Y1009 10 band radio

[JohnHacker1]

Sure resembles the 2 TO's I have. I like listening to them occasionally-they perform quite well-especially outside at night around a fire!
Get that puppy going!

[Jeffhs]

Did Admiral or Motorola ever try to make a multi-band radio that had a rotating drum dial (linked to the band switch) such as the Zenith T/O's had, or did Zenith have a patent on that design? It seems as if the wording on the dial of the Admiral set is similar to that on Zenith T/O's, even down to the notations as to when to expect reception on each band (all day, morning, evening, etc). The only thing I don't see on the Admiral is an external AM antenna as the early SS and tube-type T/O's all had. Again, was this an exclusive design patented by Zenith?

[jr_tech]

The collins 51-j4 had a rotating drum frequency scale in the 50s, So I suspect that Zenith did not a patent on it for the Trans-Oceanic sets:

http://www.radioing.com/collins/rx04.html

I have a Hallicrafters transistor portable (WR-3000) which is about the same size as the T-O sets. It was likely made in about the same time period and indeed does have a rotating drum frequency scale.

jr

Add: Couldn't find a pix of the Hallicrafters WR-3000 on the web, so I took one. It is almost exactly the same size as the transistor T-Os but configured as a "horizontal" set.