[Hallicrafters] SX-62 color

[David Thompson]

Looking through old ARRL Handbooks
there were two models the SX-62 and SX-62A.

ARRL did not do a review as they viewed
the receiver as a purely SWL receiver (one of the best).

Looking at the SX-62 in the 1954 Handbook the front panel appears to be a 
light gray around the tuning scale and a slightly darker gray around the 
knobs.  The top and upper part of the of the sides
were the lighter gray with the bottom part
of the cabinet is a darker gray very much like on the SX-71.

This is what I saw when I visited Southern Electronics in New Orleans
in 1957,  They had a SX-62, SX-71, and NC-183D (boy did I want that RX) on 
display.

My first receiver was the S-40B with the Hallicrafters dark gray.  It had 
bright green dials but the S-76 was dark gray with dark general coverage 
dial and band spread and dark big S meter.  Almost impossible to read the 
scales without the receiver being turned on.

The big Hallicrafters multi page ad in the ARRL Handbook caused a young ham 
to drool HI.

Dave K4JRB