[Boatanchors] Missing hallicrafters SX 88

[Michael OBrien]

John,

Any other clues available? The culprit's QTH in
Missouri? Name, even a partial? Call? Timeframe of
apparent theft?

As a ham who lives in Missouri and owns an SX-88
(which came from Illinois 18 years ago), I would love
to help solve this mystery...

Mike, KØMYW


--- John King <k5pgw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Today, I bought a pretty good looking SX 28 and
> matching speaker from a very Old ham.  The speaker
> still has a red tag from Hallicrafters hanging on
> the
> voice coil.
> 
> The old ham is 90 years old and has the remnants of
> several Radio and TV businesses he had. He has many
> new tubes and much test gear. I bought a military 
> TV2 tube tester along with the SX 28 set-up. I gave
> him exactly what he asked for them and DID NOT try
> to
> get them for less than he was asking. I paid a fair
> price.
> 
> The sad thing is that he isn't ambulatory due to
> very
> crippling Rheumatoid Arthritis and the complications
> of other illnesses and old age. He keeps most of his
> gear in a basement and he told me he has a
> Hallicrafters SX 88 as well as other pieces of gear.
> I
> went to the basement with his caretaker to get the
> SX
> 28 and there was no SX 88!!!
> 
> I told him upon returning to his bedroom/shack/shop
> that I saw NO SX88!!!!! He was very disturbed and
> then
> told me the story of a Ham who came down from
> Missouri
> and bought specific pieces of radio gear from him.
> He
> later discovered that a large box of NEW 6L6 tubes
> was
> missing and believed that the ham from Mo. had
> stolen
> them. He was not physically able to go with him to
> the
> basement and had no personal attendant at the time
> so
> the visiting Ham was able to take things that were
> not
> part of the deal. He and I are now convinced that
> the
> MISSING SX 88 went to Mo. with the "Thieving Ham"
> from
> Missouri. This is a sad commentary on the state ham
> Radio, if this is in fact the situation. I felt very
> sorry for this 90 year old ham because someone
> really
> ripped him off.
> 
> If you have seen a Hallicrafters SX 88 hit ebay or
> the
> classifieds from Missouri, I would like to know any
> particulars about the advertiser. Please help me
> keep
> a lookout for SX 88s coming on the market,
> especially
> from Missouri or surrounding states. I doubt we will
> ever catch the guy, but it doesn't hurt to keep
> looking. Your vigilant attention will be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks and 73, John, K5PGW
> 
> 
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