[ARC5] Way OT -- SX-28

[Paul Thekan]

While we're on the the subject of the
SX-28 and FFC RID operation during the war.. I'd like to find a FCC S-27
rcvr to go with my FCC SX-28 rcvr. Have been working on trying to assemble
a working mobile set up....but not in a 1942 Hudson as was in the photo.
Have the loop as pictured and a antenna junction box for the set up but
interesting it is made by the Signal Corp.
 Any help in tracking down a FCC S-27
would be much appreciated. There would be a tag on the front panel
identifying it as a FCC S-27.
Thanks
Paul
N6FEG




On Wed, Aug 4, 2021, 12:42 PM Bart Lee <bart.lee.k6vk at gmail.com> wrote:

> [ARC5] Way OT -- SX-28
>
> Re SX-28:
>
> FWIW the Radio Intelligence Division (under George Sterling) was an FCC
> operation. The FCC used the SX-28 almost exclusively as its HF intercept,
> DF and monitoring radio. There are photos of banks of them in the FBIS
> operation -- FCC Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service.
>
> See Lee, *Radio Spies*, 15 AWA Review 7 (2002) available at;
>
> https://www.antiquewireless.org/wp-content/uploads/2002-AWA-Review-Vol.-15.pdf
>
> The SX-28 was a top-of-the-line radio, and cost-effective for government
> use.
>
> 73 de Bart, K6VK ##
>
>
>
> -- --
> Bart Lee
>
> Texts only to: 415 902 7168
>
> www.bartlee.com
>
> {Bart(dot)Lee(dot)K6VK(at)gmail(dot)com}
> <http://www.lawforhams.com/>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 6:06 PM MICHAEL BITTNER <mmab at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> FBI also liked them.  See attachment. Mike, W6MAB
>>
>>
>> > On August 3, 2021 at 8:29 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > 4 digits is nuts, even if it was rebuilt by St. John the Baptist. Ebay
>> sold listings shows $200 - 500,
>> > which I would expect for Ebay. Hamfest, I think $250 - 300.
>> > I also thought, sorry about this too, SX-28 were "flimsy". I don't feel
>> they had the quality build the
>> > competing Hammarlund product did. The FCC sure liked them, though.
>> > -Hue
>> >
>> > >Hue, Regarding "I have not seen extraordinary prices for it at all".
>> go to eBay and type in "SX-28 receiver". What is your evaluation of those
>> prices? Extraordinary or not? Of course those are asking prices and we
>> don't what they will sell for if at all. i see one presently has 17 lookers
>> and I'm one of em. Mike W6MAB
>> > ______________________________________________________________
>> > ARC5 mailing list
>> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
>> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> > Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>> >
>> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> > Please help support this email list: https://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> ARC5 mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>>
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: https://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> ARC5 mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: https://www.qsl.net/donate.html
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/arc5/attachments/20210804/d8c79cb7/attachment-0001.html>