Hallicrafters S-20R Sky Champion
Prewar (late 1939) general coverage receiver also sold after the war.
It replaced the S-20 and was in turn replaced by the S-40 after the war.
A full-page introductory ad on the back cover of the January 1940 Radio News reads
"A BETTER SKY CHAMPION THAN EVER BEFORE!
at no increase in price!
Mr. Halligan decided that it would be in keeping with the Hallicrafters policy
to produce the finest communications receiver possible to sell just below $50.00.
It is the new S20R Sky Champion.
It has all the fine features of the former model plus these quality additions: 1
additional stage of I.F. (2 I.F. stages in all); 1 additional tube (making 9 tubes
in all); Dickert Automatic Noise Limiter; Separate electrical bandspread - Inertia
controlled; Drift-Compensated High Frequency Oscillator; 3 Watts output; Both
Dials illuminated.Of course it retains all the essential features of the former model such as a Stage of
Pre-selection; Sponge mounted Speaker; Beat Frequency Oscillator; Continuous
coverage from 545 kc. to 44 mc, etc."
