[Hallicrafters] Ref: Appropriate matching transmitter

[Bob Macklin]

During that period hams were buying ARC-5 equipment very cheap. Few hams 
could afford the price of a new high end Hallicrafters product.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Knoppow" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "Walt Cates" <cateswa at msn.com>; "hallicrafters" 
<Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Ref: Appropriate matching transmitter


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