[Hallicrafters] Re: Heinlein was a Halli Man

[Ken Kaplan]

Cool look back to the past. Dick, doesn't the "B" have 5 round knobs? The one in the picture 
looks like it has 4. I suspect it's an "A" or a "C". Given that the article was published in on 
6/52 and the house was built between 1950-51, it's probably an "A". According to the 
Osterman book, the "B" was available in 1952 while a the "A" was 1947-50. Also, the "C" had 
a black dial. The one in the picture looks white. Could be wrong. I've never had or seen an 
S38(whatever) in person.

Wonder where it is now. Probably show up on that auction site soon :-)

73 Ken kb7rgg 

> 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