[TenTec] 610 Has started shipping today

[Bwana Bob]

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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