Ham Radio Equipment from the 1940s

The timeline selects and sorts rigs according to manufacturing dates. Find rigs of your favorite era, or your year of birth. Rigs with uncertain manufacturing dates (like "19xx") are excluded from these pages.

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	Hallicrafters HT-4 HF Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM CW Any three amateur bands between 160-10 m (depending on coil set)
	Hallicrafters HT-4 Special HF Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM CW 1.7-30 MHz
	Hallicrafters S-27 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM FM CW 27-4 / 45-84 / 81-145 MHz TX - -
	Hallicrafters S-29 Sky Traveller Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW 0.54-30.5 MHz in four bands TX - -
	Hallicrafters SX-25 Super Defiant Desktop HF/VHF Receiver -	RX AM CW 0.54-42 MHz TX - -
	National Company NC-200 (older) Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW 0.49-30 MHz in 5 bands TX - -
	RCA AR88D Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW 0.535-32 MHz in six bands TX - -
	Hallicrafters S-22R Skyrider Marine Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW 0.11-18.5 MHz TX - -
	Hallicrafters SX-28 Super Skyrider Desktop HF/VHF Receiver -	RX AM CW 0.55-43 MHz in 6 bands TX - -
	RCA AR88LF Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW 73-550 kHz / 1.48-30.5 MHz in six bands TX - -
	Hallicrafters S-36 Desktop HF/VHF Receiver -	RX AM FM 27.8-143 MHz in three bands TX - -
	Hallicrafters S-39 Sky Ranger Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW 0.55-30 MHz in four bands TX - -
	Collins T-47 / ART-13 WWII Shortwave Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM CW 2-18 MHz 200-600 / 1500 kHz optional
	Eddystone 400B Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX CW 130-2200 kHz in 4 bands TX - -
	Hallicrafters S-36AO Desktop HF/VHF Receiver -	RX AM FM 27.8-143 MHz in three bands TX - -

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