[Hallicrafters] Echophone and Halicrafters

[N4ch at aol.com]

Yaesu made the Tempo One for Henry Radio, not  Trio/Kenwood.   Have heard 
some guys say they thought the  later-offered Tempo 2020 (a fairly high-end 
hybrid transceiver) was made by  Kenwood, but in actuality it was made by 
Uniden, who made numerous assorted  HF and VHF transceivers for quite a few US 
ham radio suppliers (one example  is the Clegg FM-76, Cobra 200, and Midland 
13-509.........all were essentially  the same 10 watt 220 MHz FM 
transceivers, differing only in  cosmetics).   Trio/Kenwood made quite a few early 2 
meter FM rigs for  RL Drake, too.   Belcom made KLM's Echo II and Echo 70 
(early  solid-state 2 meter and 70 CM SSB/CW transceivers) as well as a couple 
of Heath  (non-kit) handhelds (but more of Heath's "factory built" FM stuff 
was made  by Marantz/Standard).   The SBE "Sidebander 6" (6 meters SSB/CW) 
was  also made by Belcom...........Mizuho made an assortment of low power SSB 
 handheld transceivers for AEA, and the list goes on and on and ON.
 
73, Herman, N4CH.
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/7/2014 5:02:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rbethman at comcast.net writes:

Richard,

I won't dispute Chuck Dachis history of  Hallicrafters.

There are two separate Echophones listed.

1 -  Echophone Radio Corporation

2 - Echophone Radio Manufacturing  Company.

I can only find a small number of the schematics that show  "Echophone 
Manufactured by Hallicrafters".

Then they have no such  markings.  I guess it is a confusing period of 
time when they indeed  DID overlap.

It was an interesting read, but it is somewhat similar to  Rockwell / 
Collins.  Remember the KWM-380.

Rockwell went on to  produce the B-1 Bomber, then followed by Boeing 
involved in the B-1B  version, primarily in the avionics.

Many of the older brands came,  went, and/or changed hands.

I find the same with wall clocks.  I  have two that are "Eikosha", and 
this is the earlier name for Seiko.   I also have one that is "Seikosha".

Trying to determine which is which  ends up being very tangled.

I've traced many different manufacturers  histories.  I had been 
primarily been interested in clocks, but I  have also had interested in 
transceivers.  Kenwood has one of these  morphing brands.  It appeared as 
several different names.  They  also produced the Tempo One.  Other names 
appear to have been used  prior to the current one.  They branded their 
earlier radios under  Trio-Kenwood.

It wasn't long after that when they began just as  Kenwood.

I also found a different "Kenwood".  They are based in  Canada, and 
manufacturer kitchen Mixers and Grinders.  They have NO  ties to the 
Japan's Kenwood.

I went through quite a bit of haggling  with Customs when ordering 
parts!  This completely due to the use of  Kenwood as a brand name.  I 
finally prevailed and obtained the parts  I ordered.

I've come to the conclusion that the history of ANY brand to  be a bit 
cloudy, and not at all simply black or white.  There are  many areas that 
are in the gray area.

Regards,
Bob -  N0DGN
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