[Hallicrafters] Just a thought

[Glen Zook]

I definitely agree that the vast majority of amateurs
want their equipment brought up to the best
performance possible, hopefully, without "spoiling"
the apperance.  In fact, that is about 99% of the work
that I do on "boat anchor" equipment for others (align
and replace defective components).

My definition of "restore" comes from Noah Webster: 
"to bring back to or put back into a former or
original state".

Personally, I have a collection of over 100 restored
units from the 1920s to the 1950s (mostly 20s and 30s)
that are truly restored (some of them have done "quite
well" in antique / vintage radio "contests").  But,
they definitely do not work any better than they did
originally.  Also, getting replacement parts, or
rebuilding the original parts, is not something for
the "faint of heart"!

Among antique and vintage radio collectors the term
"restore" is that of Webster's dictionary, and many of
them get quite "upset" if there is any deviation from
this.  However, for things that are in general use by
amateur radio operators, I have no problem at all
replacing original type parts with better performing
newer ones.

Glen, K9STH


--- Mark Bell <bell at blazenet.net> wrote:

It depends on your definition of restoration

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