[Hallicrafters] British-made Hallicrafters HT-9s?

[Roger Basford]

Hi All,

I was trawling through some post-war "Short Wave Magazines" this evening, 
looking for Command Set adverts, when I came across an intriguing ad for a 
British-made Hallicrafters HT-9 transmitter. These were apparently made by 
McElroy-Adams Manufacturing Group Ltd, with a London address and who were 
"sole UK Hallicrafters Concessionaires". Other Hallicrafters models were 
promised but not itemised.  There is a photo of the HT-9 in the ad and it 
appears to be the model with circular meters, as shown on WA1KPD's web site, 
http://home.comcast.net/~chnord/HT-9.htm

The full-page adverts seemed to run for just a couple of months around the 
end of 1946 and then disappeared. Does anyone know if this venture was 
still-born or did they produce any significant quantities of equipment? 
Given the state of the post-war UK economy and the restrictions on imports 
at that time, I would not be surprised if the scheme folded through lack of 
parts. I know McElroy had imported telegraphy gear prior to and during WWII 
but had not heard of them in this connection.

73,

Roger/G3VKM - Norfolk, England.




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