[Hallicrafters] What was the summit of Hallicrafters , performance wise?

[Bill Gerhold]

In my opinion, a receiver is a receiver is a receiver.  I have compared
a state of the art (mine) ICOM 756pro next to an SX-111 receiver
switching
rapidly between both.  Anything the pro could here, the 111 heard just
as
well.  Collins?  Yes, the KWM-2, 2a R-390 etc. I have used them also and
they never outperformed a good Hallicrafters receiver.  They all heard
the same thing.  Stability, and construction, the Collins won/wins
easily.

Now if we are talking about bells and whistles, then of course current
transceivers win with DSP, notching, band pass tuning etc.  As to the
pinnacle of Hallicrafters receives, not sure.  Of course the low value
or mass produced receivers such as the S-38 were poor receivers.  But,
move on up to the SX-111 and beyond, as I said, just as good a receiver
as today's receivers IMHO.

   73 from K2WH   
Hallicrafters, The Radio Mans Radio
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-----Original Message-----
From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim
Brannigan
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 19:29 PM
To: Clemens S.Ostergaard; hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] What was the summit of Hallicrafters
,performancewise?

I don't think that any American made receiver of the 50's , 60's 70's
came
close to Collins receivers.
The stability, mixing scheme and mechanical filters, just blew the
competition away.......
Of course, Art Collins had Curtis Lemay and the US Treasury to support
his
R&D.  Hams were a secondary market for Collins products.

Jim

> My question really is: Among general coverage tube receivers what was
the
> pinnacle of performance reached by Hallicrafters? Collins had the
R-390A
> and the 51J-4. National had HRO-60, Hammarlund had SP-600,  Racal had
the
> RA-17, Siemens the EK-07, Eddystone the 880/2, and so on . If it was
the
> SX-88 why was it not produced in greater numbers? Too expensive, too
> difficult to maintain? Is the SX-73 in the running? Did Hallicrafters
not
> really go for government contracts? Which receiver would the
Hallicrafters
> list decide to put in the field against the above?
>
> Best,
>
>
> Clemens S.Ostergaard
> Denmark

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