[Boatanchors] WTD: HQ-129X front panel

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:

> The 2nd 129X was bought at Nearfest with a new panel already on it plus
> recapped for the princely sum of $75; Todd saw it. The cabinet was a gloss
> black rattle can job which looked horrible over the scratched and partially
> missing wrinkle; Ive since picked up a real nice cabinet locally that was
> holding SS audio gear.

That was one butt-ugly radio, glad you hear you got it cleaned up.
Even if you ended up repainting the cabinet, I'm sure it would've
looked great with Ron's new panel stuck on the front.

TNX Brian for posting Ron's new site address. I had the old address
but when I tried it, no luck. Now Bill can click and look around at
the other goodies.

The HQ-129X is as plentiful it seems as the ubiquitous Hallicrafters
S-40, just a better radio overall. I suspect Ron will continue to have
customers for the panels for years to come, albeit not in the original
'gold rush' numbers he saw when he first offered them back in the 90s.

And as we see, that self-described expert was wrong again awhile back
when he said on here that no one offers reproduction parts for these
old radios. Ron and many, many others deserve our thanks and patronage
for their efforts.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4