[Hallicrafters] Join Saturday HCI Anniversary Party

[rdhalste]

Well, the old Alpha is dusted off and tuned up, but the HT33B is still a
pileof parts.  The SX101 is working and there is a bit of work to do on the
HT32...Note that there is not suffix on either the receiver or transmitter.

>
> Please join me tomorrow, Saturday March 9th, to celebrate three years of
my
> keeping the NCS chair bottom warm. Not that anyone really cares, but I
have
> permanent indentations in both buttocks from those cheap springs in the
stain
> resistant fabric cushions poking upwards. Which just goes to prove, that
serving
> as the NCS can sometimes be truly a pain in the ...
>
> The HCI 40 meter Net will commence with the pre-Net frequency dust off at
12:30
> PM EST, (1730 UTC). The Net officially begins at 1:00 PM EST, (1800 UTC).
The

Man, for a computer person like me that's the middle of the night.

Roger (K8RI EN73)
WWW.RogerHalstead.com
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair? S#CD-2


> frequency will be 7.280 Mhz lsb +/- for key clicks, mike splatter and the
sound
> of one of those vintage springs escaping the bonds of gravity and
stimulating
> the tip of my tailbone!
>
> We had thunder here in Michigan this morning and more is forecast for
tomorrow.
> You can bet your roasted oozing black beauties, that I disconnected all
the
> antennas and ground wires this time! Going along with the thunder, and
rain, are
> strong winds upwards of 45 mph+. The temperature hit the 52F mark here
today.
> The way garbage can lids are sailing through the air like stray Frisbees,
I hope
> I have some functional antennas left by sunrise!
>
> IF I receive enough anniversary cake, cards with cash, food stamps or
unused
> lottery tickets inside, I 'MAY' decide to remain on as NCS. If not, at
least I
> won't have that spring playing strains of Dixie on my coccyx!
>
> I hope to hear many of you tomorrow. Think about this: S-108 that plays
fine for
> two months daily. Then suddenly starts to lose volume after being on for
five
> minutes. The internal pm speaker and external headphones are both
affected. A
> tube warming up and shorting? A capacitor in the audio section failing?
The
> older gentleman who has the set has no test gear, anyone in the Los
Angeles, CA
> area willing to take a look?
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF  (WPE8CXO 1961)
> NCS: Hallicrafters Collectors International
> netcontrol at w9wze.org
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