[Hallicrafters] Speaker reconing

[Ken West]

 Craig,

 Can't help with any suggestions on the reconing sorry.

But!   When I was looking for a speaker to replace a completely missing 
one in my S-38 I was emailed by a gent that had an S-38 and he said the
previous owner had put in a Radio Shack 4" speaker, part #40-1421..  
 I bought one and while my radio is not working I cannot tell you how it 
sounds but I can confirm that it will easily fit inside and onto two of the
mounting studs.  So fortunately there is no drilling of the speaker basket
to make it fit the studs nor any S-38 chassis modification needed at all.

 Unfortunately though when I picked mine up about a three months I
found out that it is a discontinued part. So it may take some leg work 
and calling around to find one. If you go to a Radio shack store have 
them check thier stock room physically and if they do not have it ask
them to query some of the other stores in your area. If they find it they
can get it sent  directly to you at home or to the store you're at and 
you can  pick it up  when it comes in there.

I hope I was able to help!   Just don't ask me about transformers    ;-)  
Good luck!

     -   Ken

p.s. the RS speaker specs from the box are:

Price: $4.95 
4", dual cone
4ohm imped.
138-16khz freq resp
Power - 20watt nominal/ 60watt max
5.3 oz weight


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On 12/26/03 at 2:56 PM Craig Roberts wrote:

>Happy Holidays, y'all --
>
>I've got three ratty  little S-38 speakers that need reconing.  Does anyone
>know of a kind soul who provides this service?  Some of the guys who do the
>big speakers charge more than the whole radio's worth :-) .  For that
>matter, has anyone found a suitable replacment speaker that fits the radio?
>
>Thanks and 73,
>
>Craig
>W3CRR