[Hallicrafters] Ref: Appropriate matching transmitter

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walt Cates" <cateswa at msn.com>
To: "hallicrafters" <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:28 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Ref: Appropriate matching 
transmitter


>
> Production dates
>
> SX-42   1946-48
> HT-9     1944
> HT-20   1950-53
> HT-17   1949
> HT-18   1947-49
> HT-19   1948
> HT-30   1954-56
> HT-31   1954-56
>
     Thanks, this is helpful. Evidently the HT-18 and 19 
overlap the period of the receiver. If one wanted to have a 
RX and TX which could have been bought at the same time that 
would be about it although the BC-610 was available from 
both surplus and new from Hallicrafters.
     My impression is that Hallicrafters concentrated on 
producing new receivers for the post-war market before 
undertaking transmitters.
     The entire economy was in a state of great flux right 
after the war and for some time after. Of course technology 
was also changing rapidly and there was a surge of new, 
mostly small, companies offering innovative and sometimes 
quite competitive products.   I think it must have been 
difficult for all of the manufacturers to judge what would 
sell.


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