[Milsurplus] Boulevard Receiver

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 1:05 PM,  <bstewart at ipass.net> wrote:

> After the dust had settled on the Dooley deal, on Aug 29,
> 1952 the USCG issued an invitation to bid for the same quantity and type rcvr
> as the Dooley deal. The Hallicrafters Co. submitted the lowest acceptable bid
> at $262,968. Don't know if they made any rcvrs or not. In the GAO letter, they
> are fusing about the process taking so long to complete.

Sounds like the R-649 contract. Hallicrafters produced this receiver
for the Coast Guard/Treasury Dept. around that time. LF-18 mcs, AC/DC.
MUCH more radio than the one in Hue's link, though. Steel cabinet &
panel, geared drive, P-P audio output, had those rubber boots on the
toggle switches and toilet lid on the jack. Light gray paint like the
RBK-16. Rack mounting required adding ears to the cabinet. Looks like
the SX-73's goofy younger brother, same dial window and large tuning
knob, same smaller knobs w/skirts, but uses the same bandswitch knob
as the HT-37 instead of the large Dakaware type used on the '73.

Not a lot of them made, and the difference in build quality certainly
would account for the price difference.

Interesting....

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ