[Hallicrafters] What's in a name? An SX-71 by any othername wouldSound as Sweet..

[Jim Tripp]

The HRO is National, not Hammarlund, but I have heard that story
before so it must have some merit.

Jim Tripp/wa6dij


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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] What's in a name? An SX-71 by any
othername wouldSound as Sweet..

At 07:56 AM 2/28/2006, amfone at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>How about "S" for SILLY. Maybe they just picked straws and that is
how the 
>S and SX were 'born".. God good thing it wasn't an "F"..

The story is that at Hammarlund the project to meet the military order
for 
a new receiver was dubbed Hellova Rush Order. Thus the HRO series of
receivers.

Roy


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