Todd, the reason why I asked about the glow in the dark Super Pro was that if one of the Manhattan Project engineers owned it, maybe it was supercharged with a little enriched uranium. That is an intersting background on that rx though. I have several Hammarlunds and have had quite a many others, but never had the pleasure to own a SP. Hopefully, maybe someday!
Figured it was related to that, Phil.
Doc's A-4 has a few tubes switched with hotter versions, no major mods but it sure works well. He was a pretty interesting guy who took safaris to Africa with his chef and gun bearer, lived in a Frank Lloyd Wright house, and was a big contester. His A-4 and a nice HQ-150 I recently sold came out of those stations. Neither of them glowed, though. Fortunately for me!
You will LOVE the old Super Pro once you get one and have it dialed in. They're kinda hard to find today in nice shape since so many were war-weary to start with and then got hacked up with miniature tubes substituted in the front end. Te pre-war models are the best looking, with their black wrinkle, engraved panels. They painted the panels first, then engraved them so the lettering is bare aluminum. Cleaned up, they really look nice. And the push-pull audio is great to listen to.
BTW, I picked up (what I think) is a pretty interesting rx the other day at Spartanburg. While I was there, I met Chuck Teeters, W4MEW, and got a Wilcox F-3 from him. He wrote an article on it for ER, number 218, July 2007. I Plan to refinish it the best I can and have been juggling around a few ideas for mods; non-destructive of course. Really cool background info on that one.
You got to meet one of the true masters, Phil. Chuck is a wealth of knowledge from his many decades of radio work, a true radioman. I hope he attends Shelby this year. Do you make that one?
