Well, partly regulation but the manner of accomplishing it. Also,
not all changes in their products were due to regulations. Partly they
were fighting competition, some from established U.S. companies but also
from Japanese and other foreign makers.
Its interesting to look at the products just following WW-2,
Hallicrafters was making new receivers, or at least substantially
restyled receivers, National was still pushing the HRO, restyled but not
redesigned. Pretty soon folks like Drake came along. Also, the economy
went bananas, during the war there was heavy regulation of everything,
brakes came off after the war, tremendous inflation, labor troubles,
etc. Many assumptions that were made about the post-war market were
wrong. Worth some study.
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On 10/27/2024 5:39 PM, don Root wrote:
Re “Hallicrafters re-design is often quite innovative, perhaps new
engineers”?? ya? due to the UL imposing that or those captive sockets on
the back cover Not only Halli had to change.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
SKCC 19998
