[Hallicrafters] SX-101 weight

[Roy Morgan]

At 06:01 AM 8/28/02 -1000, pete wokoun, sr. wrote:
>Hi all:
>  An SX-101A followed me home last night and I thought I was going to bust 
> a gut carrying it.  ...where's all that weight coming from?

Pete,

Big power transformer.
Big output transformer.
Steel chassis.
Steel chassis side braces
Steel front panel.
Steel case.
Steel house for tuning capacitor.

I quote from the flier for the thing:
"- Relay Rack Panel
  - Heaviest chassis in the industry: .089 cold rolled steel."

You got a good one.

At age approaching 60, I am looking for ways to move heavy stuff around. 
Come-alongs, Four-caster dollys, rope multiple pulleys, hydraulic equipment 
lifts all come to mind. I have seen some candidates in the Harbor Freight 
catalog.

The 800 pound transmitter I am buying is a whole 'nuther story though!

Roy
Whose SX-101A is in an upstairs closet waiting ovehaul.

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