[Hallicrafters] SX-62 color

[Richard Knoppow]

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From: "David Thompson" <thompson at mindspring.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] SX-62 color


> 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
     A caveat, I don't think the ARRL did four-color 
printing at the time so judging equipment colors from the 
catalogue illustrations may be misleading.
     I know exactly what you mean about the multi-page 
Hallicrafters catalogue inserts. They made very sexy looking 
equipment. The curious thing is that I saw much of this 
stuff in various stores when it was new but don't remember 
much of what the color scheme was.
     In my very early teens my dad used to take me to Henry 
Radio in West L.A.  They had a bit demonstration room with 
all the latest receivers in it and a couple of others with 
used equipment some of which was hooked up.  Talk about your 
wet dreams Oh My.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com