{"id":17248,"date":"2016-02-05T09:31:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T13:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17248"},"modified":"2016-02-05T13:45:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T17:45:13","slug":"1944-wwii-hallicrafters-shortwave-radio-promo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/1944-wwii-hallicrafters-shortwave-radio-promo\/","title":{"rendered":"1944 WWII Hallicrafters Shortwave Radio Promo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17250\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg\" alt=\"WWII-Hallicrafters\" width=\"639\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg 639w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters-455x300.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a>Interesting 15 min. video demonstrating the Army Signal Corps using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TURd_XVpwvk\">an Hallicrafters SCR-299<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TURd_XVpwvk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While certainly a promotional piece for Hallicrafters, this has great footage and captures a bit of the excitement of radio expanding into new frontiers. There is a discussion of how the radio was modified for military conditions as well as some innovations which were implemented to make such a system mobile.<\/p>\n<p>As an aside, it never ceases to amaze me how clear and crisp black and white film technology of the time seems somehow better than the color images which replaced it. But that may just be me &#8212; a black-and-white guy living in a colorized world!<\/p>\n<p>There is a second part to this video, as well as other WWII-era videos available on YouTube with a bit of searching, and of course don&#8217;t forget to check out the SWLing&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/\">Shortwave Radio Archive<\/a> page for more interesting shortwave audio old and new!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Robert Gulley, AK3Q,\u00a0is the author of this post and <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/author\/robert\/\" target=\"_blank\">a regular contributor<\/a> to the SWLing Post. Robert also blogs<\/em><em>\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ak3q.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">All Things Radio<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting 15 min. video demonstrating the Army Signal Corps using an Hallicrafters SCR-299. While certainly a promotional piece for Hallicrafters, this has great footage and captures a bit of the excitement of radio expanding into new frontiers. There is a discussion of how the radio was modified for military conditions as well as some innovations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1271,545,3,305,288,26,43,304],"tags":[4734,676,2814],"class_list":["post-17248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-anchors-2","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-army-signal-corps","tag-wwii","tag-wwii-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4uc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63038,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/hallicrafters-1944-film-voice-of-victory\/","url_meta":{"origin":17248,"position":0},"title":"Hallicrafters\u2019 1944 Film, &#8220;Voice of Victory&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"May 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer, who writes: I've fallen down a YouTube rabbit hole. This time a video that is part propaganda, part Hallicrafters ad, and part documentary. Pretty interesting how they adapted the radios to wartime conditions: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Jps0_2adUvo?si=YFrPkaVUloRHBrMT Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56941,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/a-hallicrafters-sx-28-a-in-battle-of-the-bulge\/","url_meta":{"origin":17248,"position":1},"title":"A Hallicrafters SX-28\/A in &#8220;Battle of the Bulge&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"May 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: Not a false alarm this time -- one of the most striking appearances of a classic shortwave receiver was in Battle of the Bulge, the 1960's movie about the great battle between German and U.S. forces during World War II,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Battle-of-the-Bulge-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Battle-of-the-Bulge-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Battle-of-the-Bulge-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Battle-of-the-Bulge-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9629,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/dayton-hamvention-flea-market-a-few-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":17248,"position":2},"title":"Dayton Hamvention flea market: a few photos","author":"Thomas","date":"May 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a little over one hour to check out the Dayton Hamvention flea market yesterday morning before manning our inside exhibitor's table for Ears To Our World. Here are a few radios that caught my attention: I actually purchased the Hallicrafters SX-24 in this photo (above) for $60. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Boat Anchors&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Boat Anchors","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/boat-anchors-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"CollinsRadios","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CollinsRadios.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CollinsRadios.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CollinsRadios.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4181,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/the-connection-between-hallicrafters-and-1940s-electronic-warfare\/","url_meta":{"origin":17248,"position":3},"title":"The connection between Hallicrafters and 1940s electronic warfare","author":"Thomas","date":"August 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"One of my favorite ham radio blogs is that of John (AE5X). Like me, he's a QRPer--meaning, as amateur radio operators, we love making contacts across this great globe of ours using very low power...typically 5 watts or less. The challenge is fun, the medium is magical. John's also a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Early_B-24-Hallicrafters-S27-293x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16737,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/mike-ids-a-hallicrafters-skyrider-in-avengers-scene\/","url_meta":{"origin":17248,"position":4},"title":"Mike IDs a Hallicrafters Skyrider in Avengers scene","author":"Thomas Witherspoon","date":"January 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to my post about finding a glowing Hallicrafters radio in a scene from the Avengers: Age of Ultron, SWLing Post reader, Mike (AC4NS) writes: \"I put the pic in Lightroom and pulled it out of the shadows. It is definitely a Skyrider and not an SX-28.\" Wow--I'm amazed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1024x429.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1024x429.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1024x429.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16644,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/avengers-age-of-ultron-scene-is-that-a-hallicrafters-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":17248,"position":5},"title":"Avengers &#8216;Age of Ultron&#8217; scene: is that a Hallicrafters receiver?","author":"Thomas","date":"January 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"With the recent posts about shortwave radio in films (Star Wars and Star Trek),\u00a0I remembered a scene from Avengers: Age of Ultron where I thought I spotted a vintage Hallicrafters receiver. In the scene, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) is using an \"old school spy method\" to find the whereabouts of Black\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1-1024x432.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1-1024x432.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1-1024x432.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}