[Milsurplus] Hallicrafters R-274 Fact

[Bruce Gentry]

At one time, the US military was concerned about getting all  of a 
particular item from one supplier.  R-390s come to mind, and Tektronix 
clone oscilloscopes made by Lavoie and a lot of other test equipment. In 
most cases, parts from one were interchangable with the other.  The 
R-274 receivers of different letters/manufacturers departed from that, 
they are fairly close in design and circuitry but drastically different 
in mechanical design and layout. Why was that done instead of giving 
them different numbers altogether?  I guess politics in the early cold 
war could have caused some strange deals to happen.

         Bruce Gentry  KA2IVY


On 3/21/15 11:35 PM, WA5CAB--- via Milsurplus wrote:
> Naah!  Didn't you know that all R-274's were made by Hammarlund?  I used to
> get a kick out of owners of the two groups of receivers fighting over the
> description.  But haven't seen a flame war over this subject in several
> years.  USA had to have done that out of pure malice.  :-)
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
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> In a message dated 03/21/2015 18:22:51 PM Central Daylight Time,
> kargo_cult at msn.com writes:
>> I used to think the Hallicrafters SX-73 / R-274 receiver would be a very
>> desirable receiver for me. I recently saw this quote on the
>>
>>
>> It really pays to do some reading before you invest your money. Applies to
>> EVERYTHING.
>> -Hue Miller
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