[Hallicrafters] R-96

[Peter Markavage]

It is the same serial number.
Pete

On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 22:06:22 -0500 Fred Olsen <fwolsen at wi.rr.com> writes:
> Instead of all this conjecture all one has to do is look at the 
> photos 
> on the auction.  (Yes, Duane, I said a dirty word.)  One of them is 
> 
> clearly a Signal Corps data plate giving the nomenclature as "R-96 
> A/SR" 
> (with a space, but I suspect that to be an error in manufacturing 
> the 
> plate) and a serial number of 123.  It wasn't intended to be a 
> "moral(sic) receiver" since it doesn't tune MW.  IIRC, it was for 
> shipboard use.  It's an uncommon radio but hardly truly rare.  I 
> should 
> think it to be a technical step or two above an R-100/URR.
> 
> There are already some pix of an R-96A/SR on the Hallicrafters web 
> site. 
>   In fact, it appears to be this very radio.  The picture of the 
> data 
> plate isn't entirely clear but it certainly looks like the same S/N, 
> 
> 123.  The main tuning knob is now different - and I'm wondering if 
> either is correct - and the marvels of poor digital photography 
> don't 
> allow a good paint comparison, but I think it's the same radio.  
> Perhaps 
> the powers that be can confirm, if there's a photo credit on the 
> site.
> 
> Fred