[Hallicrafters] 5th and Kostner factory, now 100 North

[Kevin Ward]

In October of 1960 I went to Chicago to attend DeVry Technical Institute, on
Belmont Ave near Milwaukee.  By November I had made several trips to Allied
Radio where I purchased a used Harvey Wells Bandmaster T-90 and a Morrow
MBR-5 and matching FTR.  I also bought a Heath HP-10 mobile supply, a Master
Mobile center loaded whip, and bumper mount.  I still have all these pieces.
I just don't have the '53 Ford Custom 2-door to put them in.

Allied had a complete Collins S-Line set up on a huge metal desk, and if you
showed your license you would be allowed to operate the station.  I did just
that one Saturday afternoon, and via a phone patch to the next-door neighbor
learned my mother was in the hospital.  Nobody in the neighborhood knew how
to get hold of me, but because I wanted to show off for the non-hams
watching me operate in the store, I made a very timely contact with home.

What a great hobby!

Kevin  N2IE



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