yes, Helena Rubenstein (the cosmetics company) even made R390's. She
was advised to diversify into military electronics, so the company bid
on a production run and won. Then they realized that they didn't know
how to build receivers, so they subcontracted the job out to Collins.
73,
Bob WB2VUF
Ken Brown wrote:
>> B&W made the antenna tuner for the BC-610. According to Jack Williamson it
>> was the BC-939. But they didn't build any BC-610's.
>>
>>
>>
> Even so, I'm pretty sure that Hallicrafters was not the only
> manufacturer of the BC-610. The BC-610 is probably a Hallicrafters
> design, yet like many designs built for the military in those days, it
> may have been manufactured by more than just the company that originated
> the design. For instance the R-390 receiver is known to have been built
> by Collins, Motorola and at least one other company.
>
> DE N6KB
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