[Hallicrafters] Hallicrafters in the Media

[Ric, WB0AJS]

Enough with the movie references.
I'm reading Jimmy Buffett's "A Salty Piece of Land".

He writes...

The location of my trailer was a direct result of
needing a spot free of trees and power lines, where I
could receive a clear signal from the heavens.

The signal came in through a radio that had belonged
to my father.  It was a Hallicrafter S-40B shortwave
model that he had bought in San Francisco the day he
was discharged from the Navy.

...

The Hallicrafter was my father's most prized
possession.  Not only could that amazing radio
broadcast the local country music station from Jackson
Hole, but it could also, with a flick of the large
green dial on the left side and a small knob labeled
"sensitivity" produce Polynesian melodies from his
beloved Hawaii.

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Not too great on technical accuracy, but Buffett
captures the sense I felt, late at night, hunched over
the glowing dials of an S-38E or a national NC-121.

Best 73
WB0AJS