• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Hallicrafters, The; Chicago, IL and Arlington/Grand Prairie, TX

• Year
• 1965

• Category
• Amateur TRX: Transmitter/Receiver (and Transceiver)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 80640

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• Number of Tubes
• 16

• Valves / Tubes
• 12AW6 12BE6 12BZ6 6EA8 12AX7A 6AQ5A 12AU6 12AT7 12AT7 6AM8A 12BE6 12BE6 6EA8 12BY7A 8236 8236 0A2

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 5200 kHz

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Storage batteries (perhaps also batteries) / 117/12 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Tornado SR-500 - Hallicrafters, The; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13 x 6.4 x 11 inch / 330 x 163 x 279 mm

• Notes

• Covers 80, 40 and 20 meter, power input 500 watts P.E.P. SSB and 300 watts CW, features includes AALC, product detector, crystal lattice filter, crystal calibrator, RIT, RF output/S-meter, options include the HA-16 VOX Adaptor, choice of seperate power supplies PS-500AC (price 120 USD) for 117 volt AC operation and PS-500DC (price 160 USD) for 12 volt DC operation (mobile), MR-160 (price 40 USD) mobile mounting kit

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 8.2 kg / 18 lb 1 oz (18.062 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 395.00 $

• Source of data
• Radios by hallicrafters

• Mentioned in
• The Hallicrafters Story 1933-1975, de Henseler

• Author
• Model page created by a member from D. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 898 models, 468 with images and 493 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Hallicrafters, The; Chicago, IL and Arlington/Grand Prairie, TX