[ARC5] Way OT -- SX-28

[Richard Knoppow]

    I wonder if this is a confounding with the RCA AR-88 which 
was never sold commercially. Many were sold under lend lease to 
England and Russia. I am not so sure the SX-28 is that rare. They 
were sold by all the Hallicrafters dealers until replaced with 
newer models after WW-2.
    The SX-88, mentioned in another post, is an oddity. I think 
an attempt by Hallicrafters to build a world class general 
purpose receiver but it was too expensive for its market and 
there was too much competition from better receivers. Someone 
might have manufacturing statistics from Hallicrafters, I suspect 
not very many were built.

On 8/3/2021 2:36 PM, Robert P. Meadows wrote:
> So the story goes, most SX28 went to England, and never came back, hence the relative rarity in USA.
> R
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> I agree that the SX-28 is a desirable classic shortwave receiver for all the reasons stated above.  It’s up there in the same category as vintage inboard Chris-Craft wooden runabout speedboats, original Porsche 356 roadsters, 55 Chevys, and early Mustangs.  Highly regarded when new, very classy styling, and they ain’t makin any of em anymore!  Although you can get things like new construction Mustangs hand built by a company that bought the original tooling from Ford to make new bodies and body parts. But you’re gonna pay a hell of a lot more than what they sold for in the 60s!
>
> My question is why do SX-88s go for such high prices?
>
> Chris AJ1G, Stonington CT
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>> On Aug 3, 2021, at 16:47, Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>    I think mostly because it has become a cult collector's item. I disagree about the performance, the Super-Pro is a better receiver. The SX-28 included the Lamb noise blanker but the implementation was not so good and Hallicrafters eventually issued a modification which removed it and replaced it with a conventional series valve clipper.  OTOH, the SX-28 is sexy looking and worked pretty well.
>>
>>> On 8/3/2021 1:03 PM, k2cby at optonline.net wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anybody know why SX-28s command such high prices?
>>>
>>> Miles B. Anderson, K2CBY
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