1946 Hallicrafters SX-42, by famous designer Raymond Loewy (Sold For Parts) For Sale

1946 Hallicrafters SX-42, by famous designer Raymond Loewy Sold For Parts.

The design of the 1946 Hallicrafters SX-42, by famous industrial designer Raymond Loewy, was the first electronic device to win an international design award from New York's Museum of Modern Art according to an article by Gerald Schneider in the June 1996 Antique Radio Classified. CThe SX-42 is a single conversion general coverage receiver for AM, CW and FM. It fully covers 540 KHz to 110MHz. Bandspread is calibrated for 80, 40, 20, 10 and 6 meters. Top of the Hallicrafters line for 1946, the receiver covered both the old and new FM bands and was intended for both communication purposes and for listening to quality sound on the FM broadcast band. The first ad in Radio News appears in the October 1946 issue. An article on the new radio titled "Designing the PostWar Receiver" also appears in that issue and was written by Bill Halligan W9WZE (Halligan is the "Halli" in Hallicrafters) and Cy Read W9AA. Untested sold as is no return parts only