[Hallicrafters] Hallicrafters page

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi Pete,

Mostly correct.

Originally it was HCA and then came the legal problems -

The Hallicrafters trademark owner Chuck Worsham in Alabama, in conjunction 
with the owner of the original web site, tried to liable Alan Waller, K3TKJ 
who owned the domain name of "hallicrafters.net" A real mess resulted and it 
destroyed the HCA site and so forth.

HCI grew out of this nightmare.

Because of some restricted data theft we were forced to either shut 
everything down or make some changes in the hopes of preserving the data, as 
well as keeping the web site secure. This happened in June of 2006 aprox. 
Although Alan Waller, K3TKJ technically owns the domain name of 
"hallicrafters.org", he made me the "owner" when he originally registered 
this name in 2000.

The name was changed from "HCI" to "HHI" at this same time in June of 2006. 
The actual club license bears the call sign of the late William Halligan, 
Sr., W9WZE and the name "Halligans Hallicrafters". I am the FCC trustee of 
the "W9WZE Halligan's Hallicrafters" call now. (FYI: I acquired this call 
from Santa Rosa Jr. College in CA, the name was on the license. I did not 
add it or alter it.) Since the Web Master, W5JT, James Thayer, suggested to 
me that we name the web site to match the club license name, which to me 
seemed like a logical and fitting thing to do, I agreed. Hence, HHI.     `

Any contributions of material, that you either personally own or have the 
legal right to use, can always be sent to 'webmaster at w9wze.net'

A number of talented individuals have made this web site possible and all of 
us need to thank them for their efforts, contributions of talent and 
devotion. We also need to thank "all of you" who have contributed photos or 
articles or restoration tips or whatever over the years for your 
thoughtfullness and support. Keep them coming!

And thanks to Pete for his excellent, and badly needed, historical 
documentation of which SX-101 and its offspring came first!


Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Markavage" <manualman at juno.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Hallicrafters page


> If I remember correctly, the ".org" was the original site. Back around
> October 2006, the ".net" site became the "official" site. Both were
> active during this transition time.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 10:38:24 -0600 "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at brightok.net>
> writes:
>> I tried to access the site www.w9wze.org yesterday and the page is
>> not
>> there.  I tried again this morning and nothing.  Has this site gone
>>
>> dark?
>>
>> Jim/W5JO
>>
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