[Hallicrafters] Story's of hallicrafters finds

[ralph]

Gary:
Nice story. It pays to pay attention.
Ralph Howes
W8BVH

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From: "GBrown" <gkbrown at gwi.net>
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Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 9:01 AM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Story's of hallicrafters finds


> I bet everyone has a good story about finding that elusive hallicrafters.
> Just a couple of my stories.
> #1- Bought a SX-28 at a local Kiwanis auction for $20.00. All original
with
> manual. No extra holes or rust. It now sets in the middle of my shack.
> #2- Set back and grab the arms of your chair. This really happened. A few
> years back XYL wanted to go yard saleing. As she was poking thru some
> glassware, I struck up a conversation with the woman that was having the
> yard sale. Seems that her husband had passed away and had retired from the
> military. She took me to the garage and there sat two hallicrafters
> receivers. Both were the same model number. We had an ice storm two years
> previous to my showing up at the yard sale and the receivers had been
> setting on cardboard boxes. Having a dirt floor and the melting ice, the
> receivers ended up face down in the dirt and water. She said that they
were
> to heavy for her to lift and let them stay were they were for several
years.
> I asked how much for them and was told that they were free for the taking.
> "If I didn't take them, they were going to the dump". I loaded them into
my
> XYL's SUV. Now your all wondering what the were.
> SX-88's, yep, that's rite, two of them. All rusted and broken knobs,
frozen
> shafts, etc. But still SX-88's.
> What was your best find?
> Gary...WZ1M
>