[Hallicrafters] Black Beauties

[Craig Roberts]

Charlie (K3ICH) wrote:

"Isn't it somewhat ironic though, that the best performing (Orange Drop) 
and
the worst  (Black Beauty)  caps were both made by Sprague??"

Naw, it wasn't irony. It was Sprague's clever marketing ploy based upon 
the principle of "planned obsolesence" -- which began to gain favor 
among manufacturers just about the same time Black Beauties were invented.

Coincidence? Hah!!

73,

Craig
W3CRR
living cynically near Our Nation's Capital (and so, interestingly, does 
Charlie).