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+ | ===== Hallicrafters Co., Chicago IL ===== | ||
+ | The American company **Hallicrafters** became major manufacturer of world receivers and amateur radio equipment in the thirties and World War II, the company got contracts from the US Army, Many sets from U.S. surplus found new homes in Switzerland after the war. | ||
+ | The price tag of Hallicrafters' | ||
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+ | ==== Company History ==== | ||
+ | In 1933, William Halligan of Boston was able to acquire the Silver-Marshall Inc. Company after their bankruptcy at a low price, they were in possession of a urgently needed production license. In April 1934, the first receiver, the TRF receiver S-1 Skyrider was presented, and the new company got the name Hallicrafters. | ||
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+ | Receiver production remained at low numbers until William Halligan teamed up with Arthur Case (Case Electric Co.) and Ray Durst of Echophone Radio Co.; finally they got the much needed RCA licenses to use their patented receiver circuits. | ||
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+ | The Hallicrafters receivers were technically always up to date; thanks to the use of standard components from the broadcast industry, they tried to offer "the most radio per dollar" | ||
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+ | With the beginning of the Second World War, Hallicrafters got contracts to supply the U. S. Army; the double conversion receiver [[http:// | ||
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+ | In the sixties, the company was sold to the Northrop Corp., the sale figures collapsed shortly after, so the company was resold several times and was closed for good in 1979. William J. Halligan died in July 1992 at the age of 93 years. |
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