[Hallicrafters] Investing nonsense

[Mike Everette]

The World War II stuff has more than its share of
historical provenance and that is the reason for its
ballooning value.

What I can't understand, though, is why in the world
anyone would want to try to put some of the stuff on
the air; the BC-375 being a case in point.  I had one
once.  Chirped like a 500-pound canary (on steroids)
on CW, and on phone it had almost as much FM as AM. 
(And I was running it on an original military
ground-station power supply designed for the
transmitter).  The rigs have not gotten any better
with age.  But people go freakin' nuts over 'em.  I do
not understand it.  Been there, done that, got the
shirt, and it's not worth wearin.'

But if I still had mine, with all its tuning units and
the AC supply and the shock mount and connectors, and
put it on the e-place, I could probably establish a
scholarship fund somewhere or pay for a new wing at a
hospital.

Now an ARC-5 or ART-13 is a different story.  Those
are GOOD radios.

There are some Halli receivers for which I don't
understand their attraction.  Most of them have less
than six tubes.  

And that's all I have to say about that.

73

Mike
WA4DLF




 
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