Lionel Radio 5 tube, All American??

[NS8S]

Need to know source or vintage of Lionel AM radio receiver, black
lacquer case, 5 tubes, dual scale both standard and metric.
Any information, can't find in Riders.
Thanks Everyone!

[AB9GO]

I can't help you on the schematic, but I have a Lionel reel to reel
tape recorder and a Lionel geiger counter. Who knew that they made
things other than model trains?

Radny AB9GO

p.s. I am not a Lionel collector, just ran across these things.

[Kenneth Scharf]

Many components that were used in various military sets were marked with
the Lionel brand name. I pulled a small audio transformer out of an old
aircraft receiver that was so marked. Guess during the WWII-Korean war
period they were a government contractor.

[dke...@hotmail.com]

Hi
The fellows at Lionel felt they should also contribute to the war.
They used their manufacturing to make many things for the
war effort. I have a ships spare compass that is made by Lionel.
It is nicely made.
Dwight

[Carter]

dke...@hotmail.com wrote:

> Hi
> The fellows at Lionel felt they should also contribute to the war.
> They used their manufacturing to make many things for the
> war effort. I have a ships spare compass that is made by Lionel.
> It is nicely made.
> Dwight

Lionel was one of several manufacturers that produced the classic J-38
telegraph key.

Carter K8VT

[Richard Knoppow]

On Dec 13, 8:18 am, Carter <k...@ameritech.net> wrote:

And also the J-36 "bug". The Lionel J-36 is identical part for part
with the Vibroplex No.6 AKA Lightning Bug. I have one, its quite
nicely made.

[MarkS]

"Richard Knoppow" <dick...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:e2f4747c-5120-41ce...@u8g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

I guess everyone did what they had to back then. The manufacturer of the
original Tyco HO trains (Mantua Metals) was located in my town. In the lobby
was an award from the Feds for making I think graphing instruments for the
war effort. Spent a lot of time in that lobby buying trains and parts. Used
to trash pick out back after hours 8>).

Mark

[J.B. Wood]

Hello, and I too have a Lionel J-38 key. Back in my Vietnam-era Army
days many of the M-16s were made by Colt (no surprise). I happened to
have been issued one made by GM's Hydramatic division. The origin of
build-to-print U.S. military equipment is often distinguishable from one
another only by its boiler plate. The VRC-12 family of tactical FM
radios, for example, were produced by Magnavox, E-Systems and finally
Tadiran (Israel). Sincerely,

--
John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail: wo...@itd.nrl.navy.mil

Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337

[Michael A. Terrell]

"J.B. Wood" wrote:
>
> On 12/13/2009 11:18 AM, Carter wrote:
> > dke...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >> The fellows at Lionel felt they should also contribute to the war.
> >> They used their manufacturing to make many things for the
> >> war effort. I have a ships spare compass that is made by Lionel.
> >> It is nicely made.
> >> Dwight
> >
> > Lionel was one of several manufacturers that produced the classic J-38
> > telegraph key.
> >
> > Carter K8VT
>
> Hello, and I too have a Lionel J-38 key. Back in my Vietnam-era Army
> days many of the M-16s were made by Colt (no surprise). I happened to
> have been issued one made by GM's Hydramatic division.

The only GM built M-16s I saw were built by Harrison, who made
radiators for GM.

Another OEM was a toy company.

--
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[Kenneth Scharf]

I still have an old J38 key. It was given to me by my uncle when I was
a kid. I used it when I first got my Novice license years later. It's
been modified a bit over the years, the shorting bar was removed from
the key (not needed in ham use), the two binding posts on the plastic
base plate were removed and the key was rotated 180 degrees on the plate
so it wouldn't tip over during heavy brass pounding. Finally, the knob
was replaced with a 'Navy' style knob removed from another (broken) key.