[NJARC] Sky Courier (was Echophone EC-1)

John Ruccolo jr6v6gt at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 6 13:48:34 EST 2009 

Hi Scott,

Ha! Very good....

Joe, take a look inside your Sky Courier -- I think it has an RF stage and 2 IF stages, like the R-100. In any case, there's more to it than an EC-1.

I was not able to find that Echophone "back door address" story in the Dachis book, but I know I've read it in more than one place.

I think the EC-1 is the cutest little "cheapie" receiver ever made.

I told Al last Sunday that -- if they weren't such rust buckets -- I would bring a Scott SLR-12 to the museum. Now THERE'S a serious morale receiver!



JR

--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Scott Roberts <ng19delta at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Scott Roberts <ng19delta at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Sky Courier (was Echophone EC-1)
> To: "JOE CRO" <n3ibx at verizon.net>, "Al Klase" <al at ar88.net>
> Cc: "Delaware Valley Historic Radio Club" <dvhrc at mailman.qth.net>, "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 1:30 PM
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> 
> Al- I think you may mean a "morale builder'- that is
> something to keep their spirits up, as opposed to a "moral
> builder", something meant to keep their wilder spirits
> down...
> 
> ;)
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 3/6/09, Al Klase <al at ar88.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Al Klase <al at ar88.net>
> > Subject: [NJARC] Sky Courier (was Echophone EC-1)
> > To: "JOE CRO" <n3ibx at verizon.net>
> > Cc: "Delaware Valley Historic Radio Club" <dvhrc at mailman.qth.net>,
> "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 12:50 PM
> > Just remember 
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> > 
> >
> _________________________________________________________
> > Hi Joe,
> > 
> > Max De Henseler has a blurb on the Sky Courier in
> "The
> > Hallicrafters 
> > Story" p.107.  "The Sky Courier was built at the
> > request of the Army's 
> > Special Services Division, as a "moral builder"
> > aimed at keeping GI's in 
> > touch with the peacetime world left behind." 
> The
> > Hallicrafters 
> > designation was RE-1 and there was also an Echophone
> EC-6
> > designation.
> > 
> > The RE-1 appears to be based on the Echophone
> Commercial,
> > EC-1, front 
> > end and tuning dial, but has a lot in common with
> other
> > moral sets like 
> > the R-100.  It's an AC-DC-Battery set using
> mostly
> > battery tubes.  There 
> > are two RC-coupled 1N5 pentodes between the IF
> transformers
> > for some 
> > extra gain, and there is both a 3Q5 and a 50L6 for
> audio
> > output 
> > depending on which power source is used.
> > 
> > Al
> > 
> > JOE CRO wrote:
> > > Hello Al,
> > >              I
> have a unrestored fairly decent
> > condition Echophone 
> > > EC-1 "Commercial" (the type with the
> > horizontal bandspread under the 
> > > main tuning dial) that you are welcome to use in
> the
> > exhibit if need 
> > > be. From what I understand, Hallicrafters didn't
> > want to put their 
> > > name on the EC-1, due to the questionable quality
> of
> > the "Echophone" 
> > > marque, so they retained the Echophone name on
> it. I
> > think they were 
> > > primarily designed as morale receivers to be sent
> from
> > the families 
> > > and loved ones back home to our men overseas,
> hence
> > the AC/DC hookup, 
> > > and lack of a power transformer. After WWII,
> actually,
> > sometime in 
> > > late 1945, Hallicrafters produced the radio again
> with
> > the S-41 
> > > designator, and offered it in a variety of
> colors. I
> > guess it gave a 
> > > good enough account of itself during wartime to
> earn
> > the right to wear 
> > > the "Hallicrafters" name!
> > >
> > > I have a unrelated question for all of our
> resident
> > Hallicrafters 
> > > historians. I recently acquired a Hallicrafters
> > "Sky Courier" that 
> > > does not have a designated model # (S-27,S-37,
> etc)
> > anywhere on it. 
> > > It's essentially a Echophone EC-1 repackaed in a
> > larger square metal 
> > > case painted green, primarily designed as a
> > "morale" receiver for our 
> > > serviceman. The main tuning dial and bandspread,
> etc
> > are identical to 
> > > the Echophone EC-1; but it does NOT have a BFO on
> it,
> > and the on-off 
> > > volume knob are combined in one unit on the
> front
> > panel, with the 
> > > on-off function being accomplished by a pull
> switch!
> > You pull the 
> > > volume control knob out to turn the set on, and
> push
> > it back in to 
> > > turn it off.
> > >
> > > Not only am I not familiar with this particular
> model
> > and 
> > > Echophone/Hallicrafters EC-1, S-41 variant, but
> > I've never seen a 
> > > Hallicrafters with a push-pull on-off switch on
> the
> > volume control. 
> > > From what I can tell, it's not a modification
> > someone did to it.
> > >
> > > Can someone tell me more about it? Just curious.
> I
> > brought it up since 
> > > Al was on the subject of the more common
> Echophone
> > "Commercial" set.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >             
>        Joe Cro N3IBX
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al
> > Klase" <al at ar88.net>
> > > To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club"
> > <njarc at mailman.qth.net>;
> "Delaware 
> > > Valley Historic Radio Club"
> > <dvhrc at mailman.qth.net>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:14 PM
> > > Subject: [NJARC] Echophone EC-1
> > >
> > >
> > >> Just remember
> > >> Reply = Poster
> > >> Reply All = Everyone
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> _________________________________________________________
> > >> 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
> > >>
> > >> -- 
> > >> Al Klase - N3FRQ
> > >> Jersey City, NJ
> > >> http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
> > >>
> > >>
> >
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> > -- 
> > Al Klase - N3FRQ
> > Jersey City, NJ
> > http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
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