[NJARC] [DVHRC] Echophone EC-1

[Ray Chase]

Al:
I do not have any solid information on how or why Hallicrafters produced 
the EC series during the war but most radio mag.'s of the era had ads 
for the Echophone radios throughout the war.  I have two histories on 
Hallicrafters by Max De Henseler and Chuck Dachis that infer PX sales or 
radios sent to servicemen.  I'll bring them along on Wednesday.  There 
were quite a few variations of the Echophone series ranging from a few 
simple controls to a full panel of controls.  Don't think that the 
inside circuitry changed that much though.
Ray 

Al Klase wrote:

>Gang,
>
>I'm looking for solid background info on subject radio for the Radio 
>Technology Museum Short-wave Display.  Hallicrafters introduced this 
>radion in 1940, and it was advertised throughout WWII.  Go here to get 
>the general picture:  http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/bapix/Echo.html
>
>Now, it's my impression that civilian radio production was pretty much 
>curtailed during this period.  I'm trying to figure out what really went 
>on here.  Were these sold on the open market, in the PX, or what?
>
>Also, can someone get me a high-res scan of the the particular Hogarth 
>ad shown on the referenced website.  I have some of the Echophone ads in 
>vintage Radio News, but I like this one best.
>
>Thanks,
>Al
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