[Boatanchors] Halli SX-88

[Carl Huether]

Is there a registry of the SX-88? Maybe its about time mine sees daylight
again.
Not only has it had a cloth cover over it when not in use since it was new,
it is 100% original.
Only 2 very very fussy owners; a rich Boston banker and my parents. Looks
new, needs caps and tubes to play new.

I thought they were going for around $2500. For 10K I can get interested.

Carl


----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Bigelow - PS" <tbigelow@pop.state.vt.us>
To: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer@usol.com>
Cc: "Howard L Ritter, JR" <hlritter@mindspring.com>;
<Boatanchors@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Halli SX-88


>
> "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" wrote:
>
> > Ridiculous? I think it is into the catagory of the insane. I sure hope
these
> > people do not expect to turn a profit!
>
> I don't think the high bidder picked it up with the thought of turning a
profit.
> I'm betting he'll put it to use along with the collection of other goodies
he's
> paid for.
>
> > Frankly, the SX-88 is not that great of a rx, the SX-115 is superior,
and the
> > SX-117 might be also. It is not the most rare either.
>
> There are certainly radios as scarce or moreso, be it the KW-1, Drake
TR-6, Li'l
> Lulu 6 meter transmitter, or any number of other interesting rigs. Even
the SX-115
> was made in moderately low numbers for its time. Is the SX-88 just an
SX-28 in
> drag? *shrug*  I suspect it's a fine radio in its own right considering
what went
> into it for its time. Same wonderful push/pull audio in both though, so
either the
> SX-88 is overpriced in general or the SX-28(SX-42, SX-62) is one helluva
deal! The
> high bidder also paid $4150 for an SX-115 a couple years back or so when
prices
> were going through the roof. I picked mine up from the original owner for
$500
> right around the same time and nearly cried parting with the cash. Looking
back I
> guess I was lucky, and to think it came from a tip on these lists.
>
> Difference is, most of us can't afford to pay that much for a radio we'd
like and
> the high bidder can, which is fine. Just think how difficult it would be
if we
> could *all* afford to pay whatever we pleased for our favorite
boatanchors.
> There'd be nothing available except S-38s and hacked up Heathkits!
(riceboxes
> don't count)
>
> We've all heard people tell stories about what they'd do if they won the
lottery.
> I don't play myself, but I still have fanciful thoughts now and then about
being
> wealthy enough to go to auctions, shows, flea markets, and everywhere else
that
> radios show up and just buy whatever I wanted. Hey - I've been a packrat
all my
> life and I do pretty well at it, but sometimes it's nice to think of doing
it the
> easy way.
>
>  If 500 were made and the quoted 'collector' says less than 70 are
accounted for,
> it means around 400+ are still out there waiting to be discovered. I
really don't
> buy the hype that "less than seventy exist" although I'm sure it suits the
selling
> pitch just fine. Being accounted for and being destroyed/gone are two
different
> things, afterall. More are discovered each year as evidenced by their
appearance
> on epay (like the DD-1 recently). Hell, KW-1s still turn up and they only
made 150
> of those plus two prototypes!
>
> Congrats to Joe for getting a fine radio in fine condition. The rest of us
will
> just have to keeping looking and be more resourceful if we want one.
>
> Boomer,  KA1KAQ
>
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