Hallicrafters Ship to Shore Radio Transmitter Skyrider Marine Model S-22R c 1940 - A2346
A wonderful artifact in good condition, with visible wear to the case. It's seen some use! Measures 18 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 9 1/2".
The model S-22 Skyrider Marine was a tuneable superheterodyne receiver of 1938 vintage. It had 8 tubes and covered the frequency range from 0.14 MHz to 18.5 MHz in four bands, It operated from 110 volts AC or DC and because of the lack of a power transformer the unit chassis was separated from the cabinet.
The Hallicrafters Company manufactured, marketed, and sold radio equipment, and to a lesser extent televisions and phonographs, beginning in 1932. The company was based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
William J. Halligan founded his own radio manufacturing company in Chicago in late 1932. Prior to this, he had been involved in radio parts sales for some years but decided the time was right for a handcrafted amateur radio receiver - the company name being a combination of Halli(gan) and (hand)crafters.
By 1938, Hallicrafters was doing business in eighty-nine countries and manufactured the most popular sets in the USA. That year, the company began to produce radio transmitters. With the outbreak of World War II, the company prepared for wartime production, and was responsible for new designs and innovations for use by the U.S. troops; probably the best-known were the HT-4/BC-610 and related equipment used in the military SCR-299 communications package.
