[Hallicrafters] sx-73 (r-274)

[Chuck McGregor]

At 05:39 AM 4/15/2007, wf2u at starband.net wrote:


>The SX-73 (R-274) was manufactured in the '50's, as a contemporary of the
>Hammarlund SP-600 and second-source for the SP-600 (R-274 also). I have to
>look in the original ads in QST to see the exact date it came out, but I
>think it just missed the Korean War...

The date on the SX-73 tech manual (TM11-897)  is May 1952.  The 
Korean War armistice was in July 53.  Maybe a few SX-73's made it 
into service over that 14 months, but I doubt many were surplused 
very soon after.

73,
Chuck N7RHU 


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