[Hallicrafters] Help with parts for an SX-101 (any variant)

[Edward B Richards]

Hi Mark, et al;

Maybe the slugs are missing because it tuned the best that way. I have
seen it happen. You can test this by inserting something ferrous...nail
?) into the coil and see if it helps or hurts. If it helps, then you need
a ferrous slug. If it makes it worse, insert something brass (brazing
rod?) and if that helps, you need a brass slug. If they both hurt, it is
correct with no slug. Also some coils don't have slugs, they are broad
band or tuned some other way.

Ed Richards K6UUZ


On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 12:53:37 -0500 "Mark J. Giubardo" <w1mjg at arrl.net>
writes:
> Merry Christmas to all!
> 
> Just finished recapping & refinishing my SX-101mkIII. When I started 
> to
> align it, much to my surprise I found that two of the antenna coils 
> were
> missing their slugs!
> The wax had been neatly removed and there was an empty hole in the 
> coil.
> They are L-3 and L-4 in all versions of the SX-101, the 40 & 20 
> meter
> antenna coils.
> 
> If anyone had a junker that still had either the coils or the slugs 
> I would
> love to by them. The radio is in really good shape now, looks good 
> and works
> well so I am anxious to get my hands on these two items!
> 
> Also could use (the holey grail of SX-101) the main tuning knob. 
> Almost all
> of the originals are chipped because the edge was cast very thin.
> 
> Sure hope someone had these coils or slugs! (I can supply the 
> Hallicrafters
> part numbers for the coils if that helps)
> 
> Thanks to all on the list,
> 
> Mark  W1MJG
> 
> 
> 
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