[Hallicrafters] RE: Hallicrafters Best receiver

[George R. Griesbach W5GRG]

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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:18:39 +0100
From: "Clemens S.Ostergaard" <clemens at it.dk>
Subject: [Hallicrafters] What was the summit of Hallicrafters ,
	performancewise?
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This discussion may have run earlier, or many times, I am fairly new to the
list. If there is a consensus already, please just refer me to that.

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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Whether any one of them deserves a top place as far as performance goes they
all do pretty good for the economy of construction employed by hallicrafters
at the time. Pretty hard to say a hallicrafters receiver costing anywhere
from 1/2 to a fraction of the price of a Collins receiver would or should be
as good. However, have you ever listened to a 75A4 with static from a nearby
lightning storm with the filters ringing from each static burst? From the
auction and sales reports I don't think any commercially made receiver tops
a hallicrafters SX-88 in top shape as far as sales price goes. As to why
they did not make more SX-88's the reason is probably more people did not
buy them. I don't think one can compare a R-390 which was a military
contract receiver made by several companies to any hallicrafters commercial
receiver-just not the same thing at all.
I read a lot of WWII books and it has been written that the hallicrafters
S-36 UHF receiver was a vital part of the electronic war, and it was quite
lucky hallicrafters was producing such a receiver at the time, not to
mention the BC-610, and SX-28. I have also read that Bill Halligan made
$3mil from WWII contracts, so he must have sold quite a lot to the govt.
Just my $.02
Thank You
George R. Griesbach W5GRG
505 River Oaks Rd.
Comfort, Texas 78013
w5grg at comforttexas.net
http://www.comforttexas.net/w5grg


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