[rollei_list] Re: More very OT World serious on the radio
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:26:11 -0700
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From: "Don Williams" <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 1:53 AM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: More very OT World serious on the
radio
At 10:10 PM 10/29/2009, Richard Knappow wrote, in part:
"FWIW I am listening to this on a 1945 vintage
Hallicrafters S-20R in one room and a Zenith Transoceanic
in the other." Can't make it on just one radio at a time?
@>----
My last Hallicrafters** was, if I have it all correct, an
SR19 (or maybe 17) Sky Buddy. I always coveted my dad's
SX28A as I recall.
Now as to how this relates to Rollei's I have no Idea but
when waking up at 3:30 a.m. I can't be concerned with
logical thinking.
My main concern is getting ready to march on the field, as
an alumni, with the Oklahoma University Pride of Oklahoma*
marching band on Saturday homecoming, after 59 years of
non-playing. So far, with just a little practice, I now
sound about as well as I did when I started taking Cornet
in the 4th grade, although my current horn has a solid
Sterling Silver bell.
They don't make them like that any more.
The factory has expressed an interest in buying my
instrument back for their collection and that's probably a
merciful end to this whole thing. (H.N White Company,
maker of King instruments. S/N says I got in 45-46 time
frame.)
DAW
*I was down for a game last year and the various sections
were playing in groups. I don't recall ever having the
tone quality I heard that day. I plan to donate a 1950
formation packet for all the games that year, done by
mimeograph, to their museum. Now it's all done by
computer and everyone gets a CD to work with. There will
be a surprise for the fans during the half-time show.
Richard- I think you may out-do me in hanging on to old
stuff. Why do we do that?
** Remember the single-ended BC-610 that transmitted on
about 5 harmonics at the same time?
There is a movie featuring the Hallicrafters plant on
http://www.archive.org called "Voice of Victory" in two
parts. I think in the Prelenger archive section. Most of it
shows construction of the BC-610 and also shows some of the
modifications that had to be made to the civilian version to
make it suitable for mobile military use. It shows Bill
Halligan in a couple of scenes. Since this transmitter was
designed before television became a reality there was not
much concern for reducing harmonics. Lots of hand work done
by women wielding rather large soldering irons.
Hallicrafters was an interesting company. I don't think
it ever built much stuff that was best of class but it did
make equipment which was affordable and generally of good
value. Bill Halligan was originally a salesman for the Tobe
Deuchmann Co, of Mass and organized the first Radio Shack
stores for them (in Boston). Eventually, he decided to
manuacture affordable ham equipment and started
Hallicrafters. Much more to this but its already very off
topic.
The S-19 was the Sky Buddy, a 5 tube inexpensive
receiver. there was an SX-17, the X meaning it had a crystal
IF filter, known as the Super Skyrider, a top of the line
receiver in its day. The name "Skyrider" was also applied to
the SX-28/A. There are pictures of most of these guys at:
http://www.qsl.net/la5ki/halli.htm
SR was used as a prefix for late tranceivers, mostly
made in the late 1950s and later.
Halligan finally retired and sold Hallicrafters to
Raytheon or someone of the same ilk, who destroyed it in
nothing flat.
My first short wave receiver was a Hallicrafters S-38B,
bought new by my parents after a very great deal of nagging.
I still have it.
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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