[Hammarlund] Oscar Hammarlund's clocks

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I beleive that Oscar Hammarlund had passed away before 
the HQ clock was placed in the production radios. 

However Oscar Hammarlund was previously employed by a 
very famous watch maker (in his younger days).
I believe the watch maker was Elgin. 

His last wish might have been to build a radio with a 
clock. 
 Amateur radio operators may have gotten the 
name "Hams" from the very first amateur radio 
equipment made by The Hammarlund Manufacturing Co.
Hammarlund was king untill their famous APC tuning 
condensor became obsolete. (that was a long while)
Everyone used the APC tuning condensors untill the 
perfected Collins' tuning slug radios pushed 
Hammarlund aside.
In the early seventies, Hammarlund became The 
Electronic Assistance Company. They manufactured R-390 
radios for the US Government under Collins patents.

Oscar Hammarlund also invented the mechanical pencil.


73's mike kd5vVa