[Boatanchors] Refurbishing a Hallicrafters SX25 receiver

[Rob Atkinson]

WA9VLK had an extensive two part article on restoring the SX25 in
Electric Radio, January and February 2013, issues 284 and 285.   I'd
send off to Ray Osterwald and purchase those issues.  As I recall he
covers alignment and gets into rebuilding the IF transformers  if you
want to go that far.  But it is certainly a comprehensive treatment
that will give you all the "gotchas."   http://www.ermag.com

I also highly recommend subscribing to ER if you plan to get into
doing a lot of work building and restoring and purchase as many back
issues as you can.  The whole past 30 years (around a dozen issues are
out of print however) is kind of steep, but try to at least purchase
issues as needed, or get a few years at a time on-going.

73

Rob
K5UJ



On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:30 PM, John King via Boatanchors
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> I have a nice looking SX 25 that needs recapping and refurbishing. Cosmetically good looking.
> My question is directed to those who have refurbished an SX 25 receiver. What is the degree of difficulty
> Compared to other Hallicrafters receivers? Are there any pitfalls or particularly difficult areas to recap, such as the RF section?
>
> I have an SX 28 ahead of the SX25 and numerous other Hallicrafters receivers  to recap such  as S40A, S40B,  S76, SX71, S53, SX96, SX 100, SX 101.  I plan to start on the SX 25 very soon.
>
> Your input will be appreciated. 73, John, K5PGW