[Milsurplus] hallicrafters radio info request

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group ,
Hallicrafters Sky Ranger S-39, can you please tell me what this Radio 
was used for, was it Military? What date made etc. this is a question 
from a friend of mine.can you assist him at all?
thanks in advance for any information ,picture is also available if 
required.

highest regards to the group

Leigh:

The S-39 was introduced right at the beginning of WW2. It replaced the S-29, a similar looking set.  It was used as a morale set in the war, and given the designation R-80 according to Dachis.  I had one back in the early 1950s as my first shortwave receiver.  One shortcoming was you had to have fresh B batteries or operate it on AC and have a hot 1R5 to hear anything above 20 MHz.  A good look at the front is at:

<http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/MRT/S39.htm>

and a good discussion of the development is at
 
<http://radioatticarchives.com/features/haworth/hallicrafters.htm>

Apparently it was Hallicrafters attempt to compete with Zenith for a portable short wave receiver, although it has more of a communications receiver look than the entertainment radio look of the Trans-Oceanic.

Type [Hallicrafters S-39] into Google, and there are many other citations.

HTH & 73
George
W5VPQ



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