[Hallicrafters] Hallicrafters WW II advertising.

[Glen Zook]

Do you know why Bill Halligan bought the Echophone line?

Answer:

To get a license for the Hazeltine patents.  RCA held the patents and, for some reason, David Sarnoff would not allow Hallicrafters to get a license for the patents.  However, Echophone had a license and, by purchasing the company, Halligan was able to get a license for them.  Unfortunately, for Sarnoff, he couldn't do anything about Halligan getting a license.
 
Glen, K9STH


Website:  http://k9sth.com


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 From: William Hawkins <sgr4436 at yahoo.com>
To: "Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net" <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 4:02 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Hallicrafters WW II advertising.
 

I was a fan of the "Hogarth" ads too.
What puzzled me was that Hallicrafters spent so much money
advertising  a product, which as far as I can remember, was not sold after the war.  Over the years I've had the Echophone products as well as the S-38 series which was pretty much the same thing.