[Hallicrafters] Heinlein was a Halli Man

[Dick Blaney]

Hi, all,
I downloaded this photo and massaged it many ways with Photo Shop.  I cannot 
tell if this is an S38A or S38B.  It is clear that it is a "4 knob, 3 slide 
switch" S38?, the "A" or "B" suffix is not apparent, but it is definitely 
not an S38, nor one of the later slide rule dial versions.  I presently have 
6 S38s, all no suffix letter, but over the years, since I bought my first 
S38 from Concord Radio Corp. in Chicago in 1947, I have had at least one of 
each of the earlier models, but never one of the slide rule dial models.  I 
can't tell if this is an " A" or "B" model, and I don't think it is possible 
to make a definitive judgment as to its heritage.
Dick Blaney, WB8MHE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <W9RAN at oneradio.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 10:39 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Heinlein was a Halli Man


> Browsing the wikipedia entry on one of the greatest Sci-Fi writers of all 
> time, Robert A Heinlein, I spotted an interesting picture.  It's from a 
> June 1952 article in Popular Mechanics titled "A House to Make Life Easy", 
> and shows Robert at the controls of the home music system, adjusting a PA 
> amplifier being fed by a Hallicrafters S-38A (or B).  Heinlein and his 
> wife Virginia, both engineers, designed the house in Colorado Springs 
> themselves.  Many of the ideas sound pretty good even today!
>
> Take a look at the radio: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Heinleins-house.jpg
>
> Or the entire article:
> http://www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah/pm652-art-hi.html
>
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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