[NJARC] Echophone EC-1

[John Ruccolo]

Hi Al,

I guess you heard the story where Hallicrafters used their back entrance (or side entrance?) street address as the "Echophone Co." address. It was supposedly an open secret at the time that the sets were built by Hallicrafters.

I think this is in the Dachis book if you want to confirm it.

I have a scan of the original EC-1 owner's "manual" (actually, it's just a 4-page fold-out) that I will send you, but I can't find it at the moment.

Regards,

John

--- On Thu, 3/5/09, Al Klase <al at ar88.net> wrote:

> From: Al Klase <al at ar88.net>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Echophone EC-1
> To: AMCMATADOR at aol.com
> Cc: njarc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 9:59 PM
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> Thanks Darren,
> 
> That's the kind of background I'm looking for.  We
> have a pretty good 
> radio.  I always wonder why they had the chutzpa to
> put "commercial" in 
> the name of a radio that was essentially the forerunner of
> the S-38, and 
> initially sold for $19.95.
> 
> Al
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> > Al, 
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> >     I had one of these sets about
> 13 yrs ago. I dont  remember where I found 
> > it. What I do remember, is that an older gentleman who
> I  knew, knew of the 
> > radio, and had owned one when new. I do remember him
> telling  me something about 
> > the fact that it said commercial on it, and this
> somehow  circumvented 
> > certain regulations, regarding radio sales during the
> war. I no  longer have the 
> > set,., ultimately I gave it to him as a gift, as it
> had special  meaning to him. 
> > I cannot vouch for that story, but he was of that
> age.
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