[Hallicrafters] re: SX-42 Hum(bug)

[Mike Smout]

Hey, how did you guys sense my lack of radio knowledge *grin*. True, I don't have the level of knowledge that you posess, but I do have a teeny ween bit. I took electrical shop in high school and fumbled around with radios while there. Built a few projects and managed,  with some degree of luck to actually repair some broken radios, but again, it was mostly luck. Since I started to collect Hallicrafters (three months ago) I started to read every article that I could lay my hands on regarding this or that, either from a magazine or the internet or the Hallicrafters site. I actually re-capped my first Halli two months ago, an S-40 to be exact. I ordered all of the capacitors, mylar and electrolytic, and a schematic to boot, in order to do the job. It took me about two or three hours to complete, but I had a ball doing it and the radio sounds great. I just picked up a signal generator at a Hamfest a month ago and plan on doing an alignment in the very near future. At the Lansing Show I picked up a tube tester and have detected a few bad tubes on the 42. Whether this is a result of the bad caps, I don't know. I am now looking for a good multi-meter and an instrument to check out capacitors. With these items, I should be able to do most of my work. Again, I'm learning, but that is something that we all have to go through and there is never a point where we can say we've learned enough. I really appreciate all of your opinions and sharing your wisdom with a "newbie". It is nice to know that I can come to you guys with a direct question and get a direct answer! As always, thanks a bazillion. Mike in Sarnia.


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