{"id":58474,"date":"2023-12-16T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T12:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58474"},"modified":"2023-12-16T08:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T12:30:28","slug":"jerome-seeks-information-about-a-vintage-howard-radio-co-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/jerome-seeks-information-about-a-vintage-howard-radio-co-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerome seeks information about a vintage Howard Radio Co. receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Jerome van der Linden, who writes seeking a bit of help:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello Thomas,<\/p>\n

From time to time I see you\u2019ve tried to ID receivers used in movies etc. I have a slightly different request that I hope you may pass on…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m trying to restore an old AM\/SW radio for a friend and only know that its brand is a Howard radio who built sets in the US and in Melbourne, Australia. But I don\u2019t know its model number and the tubes (valves here) are not all identifiable.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The chassis has numbers printed on it adjacent to the tubes AZ3 (with a Y2GT tube in its socket); AL3; ABC1 plus a couple of others. The four front control knobs appear to be volume, AM\/SW band selector, tuning job (which drives a set of gears connected to the dual gang variable capacitor tuner), and what I assume is the tone control. There does not appear to be a power switch. Apart from tubes, I\u2019m keen to confirm what my physical inspection of the 16 or so capacitors, in fact, are supposed to be so that I can source replacements.<\/p>\n

The radio also has a toggle switch on the back, which I think switches the input between radio and an external gramophone. The loud speaker appears to be of the type with 4 conductors, where two are probably powering an electro magnet for the speaker. (I have also emailed the Steven Johnson web site for information, as he seems to store a lot of schematics for download.)<\/p>\n

Thanks in advance.<\/p>\n

Jerome van der Linden<\/p>\n

Readers: If you can help Jerome, please comment!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jerome van der Linden, who writes seeking a bit of help: Hello Thomas, From time to time I see you\u2019ve tried to ID receivers used in movies etc. I have a slightly different request that I hope you may pass on… I\u2019m trying to restore an old AM\/SW radio […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,4796],"tags":[6387,2055],"class_list":["post-58474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-jerome-van-der-linden","tag-mystery-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fd8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27384,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/4kz-update-broadcasts-will-commence-after-transmitter-repairs\/","url_meta":{"origin":58474,"position":0},"title":"4KZ Update: broadcasts will commence after transmitter repairs","author":"Thomas","date":"August 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Jerome van der Linden, who shares an update from 4KZ Station Manager, Al Kirton: Hi Jerome 5055 is not on the air yet. The transmitter failed and requires some inexpensive parts which are not available in Australia. They should be here any day from the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Innisfail-Queensland-Australia-4KZ.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Innisfail-Queensland-Australia-4KZ.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Innisfail-Queensland-Australia-4KZ.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50842,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/jerome-makes-an-aluminum-back-stand-for-the-pl-880\/","url_meta":{"origin":58474,"position":1},"title":"Jerome makes an aluminum back stand for the PL-880","author":"Thomas","date":"November 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jerome van der Linden, who writes: Hello Thomas, I have managed to break three of these flimsy PL-880 back stands, and thought, \"how hard can it be to make one out of metal?\" These two photos are the result from a piece of aluminium\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jerome-Tecsun-PL880-Back-Stand-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jerome-Tecsun-PL880-Back-Stand-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jerome-Tecsun-PL880-Back-Stand-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jerome-Tecsun-PL880-Back-Stand-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jerome-Tecsun-PL880-Back-Stand-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53568,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/jeromes-response-from-australian-foreign-affairs-regarding-shortwave-to-pacific\/","url_meta":{"origin":58474,"position":2},"title":"Jerome’s response from Australian Foreign Affairs regarding shortwave to Pacific","author":"Thomas","date":"July 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jerome van der Linden, who shares the following response from\u00a0from the Australian Foreign Affairs department regarding any future shortwave services to the Pacific. As Jerome notes, the letter \"suggests that all is not yet lost, though it's lacking in commitment.\" Click here to download\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698199697.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698199697.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698199697.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698199697.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63195,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/radio-kwid-and-the-war-in-the-pacific-a-listeners-question-from-radar-yarns\/","url_meta":{"origin":58474,"position":3},"title":"Radio KWID and the War in the Pacific","author":"Thomas","date":"June 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Jerome van der Linden, who writes: For my bedtime reading I have recently been going through a book (\u201cRadar Yarns\u201d) which contains lots of stories, many of them humorous, about Australians that were involved in setting up radar stations during WWII around the coast\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BC-348-Q-Radio-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BC-348-Q-Radio-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BC-348-Q-Radio-Dial.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BC-348-Q-Radio-Dial.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29946,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/4kz-update-transmitting-low-power-for-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":58474,"position":4},"title":"4KZ update: Transmitting low power for now","author":"Thomas","date":"January 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Jerome van der Linden, who writes: Have been communicating with Al Kirton (4KZ, Innisfail, Queensland Manager), and by virtue of my membership of a couple of Facebook groups for caravan (trailer to you) owners in Australia, have publicized the fact that Al is keen for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Innisfail-Queensland-Australia-4KZ.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Innisfail-Queensland-Australia-4KZ.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Innisfail-Queensland-Australia-4KZ.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53232,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/jerome-would-like-to-know-more-about-the-starwaves-truckbox-drm-converter\/","url_meta":{"origin":58474,"position":5},"title":"Jerome would like to know more about the Starwaves Truckbox DRM converter","author":"Thomas","date":"July 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Jerome van der Linden, who writes: Hello Thomas, Back in January 2019 you featured in SWLing an item about a portable DRM\/DAB receiver produced by Starwaves GmbH. It seems the same company had also produced a DRM\/DAB to FM convertor for use in trucks and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "DRM"","block_context":{"text":"DRM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/drm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Starwaves-Truckbox.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58477,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58474\/revisions\/58477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}