[Hallicrafters] SR-500 Question

[David Thompson]

The SR-500 existed.  But production was probably limited to those who would
pony up with $1,495.  In 1955-56 dollars that was two or three months salary
for most hams.
AS NQ5T said we young hams were lucky to start with almost anything.  I
worked a year and one-half to buy a receiver...the S-40B from a QST
classified.   My dad got the DX-35 kit for me and the B&W coil stock to make
the all band trap antenna in a late 1956 QST.

Glad Ed reminded me of the N9 as I also talked to him via e-mail.  Sorry I
missed the Ebay item.  Harrison Radio ran the ad for used gear for nearly 3
years with the SR-500 prominent in the front near a KWS-1/75A4.  Mac, W2NSA
told me in 1970 that he had seen the console at Harrison and he was a close
friend of Bil Harrison (that's right Bil with one L).  The picture of Max
HB9RS appeared in several magazines and I had one of Rundy W3ZA operating
ET3RS.  Rundy had a KWM-2 and maybe Max can tell us if that was Rundy's
Collins on top of the console.

I expect that hallicrafters supplied the gear and a third party provided the
console and all the control wiring.  One key component was the key for
turning everything on and off.

In later handbooks (1959 maybe) Hallicrafters featured the
SR-1000 console.  Some of the gang on this reflector could put together an
SR-1000 more easily than a SR-500.  Tom W4UOC has the SX-101/HT-32 for sale
now.  All you would need is to find the HT-33 (but only the one without the
Penta final).   Trav K9EBE got to hallicrafters in the early 1960's and was
the product manager for the later SR-2000 series which started with the
SR-150.  Funny thing is the SR transceiver series are very good even today.
Trav is the guy sitting at the SR-2000 in hallicrafters ads from 1967 to
maybe 1970.  He told me in 1964 that he had never seen a SR-1000 at
hallicrafters and the Halligans were tight lipped on the consoles as well as
some "other" gear built during the cold war!  Whatever they built
Hallicrafters became an inviting target for Northrup (a defense contractor).


73 Dave K4JRB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed" <elh54 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:17 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] SR-500 Question


> OK, it doesn't exist or there was only one, or three, or five built. N9CQX
> tells me he has one he doesn't want to sell. I know where there is an
empty
> SR-500 cabinet, because I bought the HT-30 out of it and the guy has
refused
> to sell me the cabinet (so far) because it will mean completely
rearranging
> his radio room.
> One sold on EBay last year for $800+ dollars (I saved the web page). And
> there are Hallicrafters ads for it in CQ and QST. Whom are we to believe?
> Ed-KV5I
>
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