[Hallicrafters] What's in a name?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hey Jim,

You definitely are burdened by way too much free time son, consider going 
back to work part time! (LOL!)

We need to talk Jim. When is a good time to call? I am in the EST zone, by 
the way.

DBF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Tripp" <wa6dij at redshift.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Hallicrafters] What's in a name?


>I guess this could open up a whole series on "what's in the name".
> Like why does Yaesu us FT, and why does Kenwood use TS, and why did
> Collins have an "S-Line". At least the SB on the Heathkits is pretty
> obvious....hahaha.
>
> I guess the bottom line in each case is Marketing. Regardless of what
> the people in Engineering thought, usually Marketing holds the right
> on naming and "expanding the specs" of any new product in any
> business.  Maybe I should have been in Marketing instead of
> Engineering.....oh well, too late....I am already retired!
>
> Jim Tripp/wa6dij
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rich
> Oliver
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:10 AM
> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: Rich.Oliver at lowell.edu
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] What's in a name?
>
> Bill Halligan's first offering was the H-13 in late 1933.  It was an
> "all-wave BC type receiver" with 13 tubes, and we might guess that the
>
> "H" was for Halligan.  Never mind that he then changed the "H" to a
> "Z".
>
> Halligan acquired the Silver-Marshall name after they went bankrupt in
>
> 1932 and he advertised his first sets under that name.  One might
> speculate that the "S" was intended to tie in to the established
> Silver-Marshall name.  By 1935 Hallicrafters was selling the S-4
> superhet and they offered it with an optional crystal filter as the
> SX-4.  The earliest use of "X" was to indicate a crystal filter.  By
> the
> time other filtering techniques became available the "X" was
> well-established and perhaps it was just easier to stay with that
> convention for all enhanced filtering systems.
>
> Later exceptions to the "S/SX" prefix include the 5-T, a 5 Tube entry
> level receiver of 1936.  In 1938 came the cutting edge DD-1 dual
> diversity receiver (pretty obvious) and in 1953 the TW-1000.  I think
> that must have been for "Trans-World" to contrast it with Zenith's
> "Trans-Oceanic".  Of course there were the "EC" series Echophone
> Commercial sets and many military sets with military designations.
>
> My guess is that the naming scheme started with "S" for
> Silver-Marshall
> and "X" for crystal, then it was extended to fit later sets even when
> the fit was not perfect.
>
> I wonder how many of the very early sets survive.  I have never seen
> any
> myself, and can't think of anyone who might have seen them other than
> perhaps Chuck Dachis and Max Dehenseler.  Does anybody on the list
> have
> any Hallicrafters gear from 1933 or 1934?
>
> Cheers, Rich
>
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