[Hallicrafters] Why I'm a Hallicrafters Guy

[Jim Brannigan]

My first "shortwave" receiver was a Halli S-77.
Radio Moscow, BBC, Radio Tirana, .....etal....I was hooked.....
Then I discovered Ham bands (carefully marked on the dial) and listened to
AM hams, a few sidebanders (with that "yoopie" BFO and even a few CW guys
(what are they saying?)
Remember the "airplane engine" noise that appeared across the bands.

The night I remember...a SW station was broadcasting "The fall of the house
of Usher"
I was supposed to be in bed and there was an electrical storm
I sat with my headphones on and listened to the actors thru the QSB, and
static crashes...
It scared the crap out of me......what a great night!!!

That was my first and last Hallicrafters radio.  I moved on to other radios
and settled on a Ten Tec and Collins station.
The S-77 is on a shelf and is waiting in line for a complete rebuild and a
move back into the shack.

Jim

> One of my best memories from when I was a kid (before I got my novice
> ticket) was my S-40B and the night Sonny Liston fought Floyd Patterson
> for the heavyweight title. My Dad wanted to listen to the fight on the
> radio. We got in my bedroom plenty early so I could get it tuned in. My
> Dad sat on the bed and I was in my chair at the desk where the S-40B was
> located. I had a bottle of Coke and my Dad had his Viceroys (cigarette
> brand). I had finished the coke and since I had no ash trays, my Dad had
> dropped a finished Viceroy (unbeknownst to me) in my Coke bottle. About
> the time Liston knocked out Patterson (first round if I remember
> correctly); I grabbed that Coke bottle to drain the dregs. I'll never
> forget the taste of about a teaspoon of Coke mixed with the butt and
> ashes of a Viceroy. I've been a Hallicrafters Guy ever since.
>
> Mike Langston KL7CD