[Hallicrafters] SX-62 color

[Glen Zook]

The ARRL used color printing at least as far back as the 1936 Handbook.  My 1933 Handbook doesn't have any color printing and I don't have a 1934 or 1935 Handbook.  However, most companies did not want to spend the money on color advertisements!  Now, the quality of the color reproduction was pretty "iffy" for decades.  Some of the photos in the 1950 edition are fairly "close" as to colors and some definitely are not that close to the actual colors of the equipment.
 
Glen, K9STH


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 From: Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
To: David  Thompson <thompson at mindspring.com>; hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] SX-62 color
 
    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.