[Boatanchors] Hallicrafters SX-28 S-meter

[david knepper]

Make that "circumference"

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "david knepper" <collinsradio at adelphia.net>
To: "Al Klase" <al at ar88.net>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Hallicrafters SX-28 S-meter


>I had an HT-4 (1939 year of manufacture) in which all the meter cases 
>appeared as if someone had taken a pair of tinsnips and cut the metal the 
>entire circumstance.  I was told by several "experts"  that it was so 
>moisture/humidity in field operations would allow the meter to "breathe," 
>so the movement would not short or the glass would not fog over.
>
> My HT-4 saw service in WWII.
>
> OK, tell me that the metal split on its own!
>
> Dave, W3ST/W3CRA
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Klase" <al at ar88.net>
> To: "Drew Papanek" <drewmaster813 at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 6:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Hallicrafters SX-28 S-meter
>
>
>> Drew,
>>
>> Pull it together with an automotive hose clamp. End of story.
>>
>> Al
>>
>> Drew Papanek wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have a Hallicrafters SX-28 whose S meter housing has split open, 
>>> looking like the staves on a barrel. Evidently the brass was not 
>>> annealed sufficiently at manufacture and internal stresses took 
>>> over......
>>>
>> -- 
>> Al Klase - N3FRQ
>> Flemington, NJ
>> http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
>>
>>
>>
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