Hornyphon 237AS

Hello,
There are couple of Horny 237 listed in the RMorg DB. Could somebody advice what means addentum "AS" at the type name. I saw this kind of model in Finland. Most of the tubes belong to E_11 series (Tfk, Philips). No picture available at the moment.

regards
Ake

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Hello Åke!

Hello Åke!

According to the listings of the Hornyphone radios in RMorg you’ll find a model named: Rex 47W W556A/S which is the only model with A/S appendix. If you look at the “Notes” you can see that it refer to “nordisch” i.e. Sweden. May be this will solve the mystery.

Regards
Lars-G. Lundelin

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HI Lars-G,

Thanks for your support. I also have a memory that read once "A" means production "abroad". This model is not mine but if I have chance to see it again I'll take some photos too.

By the way, I have been wondering why we have quite many of (certain era)Hornyphone radios in Finland. Did somebody assemby or manufacture those here or in our neighbor countries (Sweden, Estonia)??

BR
Ake

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Hi again Ake!

It’s hard to say whether the Hornyphons was made in Finland but I doubt it. The Philips Company was strongly involved in the "Horny" manufacturing and it’s likely they used their own type numbering and suffixes also on these sets.

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Lars-G.

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