[Hallicrafters] 120 vs 125

[John T. Mudd]

Thanks! Vern,
I knew I was at the right place!

de W0TLO
John


On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 01:30:42 +0000 "V.A. Weiss" <telegrapher at hotmail.com>
writes:
> Hi John and fellow Halligan-crafters,
> 
>      There were BIG differences between the S-120 and the S-125. The 
> most 
> pronounced difference was that the S-120 was a tube version and the 
> S-125 
> was all solid state.
>      I owned both at one time.
>      The S-120 was more or less the "Knight Star Roamer" of the 
> Hallicrafters fleet...entry level, suitable for picking up higher 
> quantities 
> of microvolts per meter (strong stations) but it was fairly stable 
> and the 
> sound quality was good.
>      The S-125 was a mess. It was drifty and full of intermod and 
> spurs. It 
> did have crisp audio and lots of it but overall the S-120 (in my 
> opinion) 
> was a better receiver, lacking as it was in sensitivity.
>      The S-120 had that sleek, low-profile look of 1960s gear 
> whereas the 
> S-125 took on that stupid Nissan look of cheap Radio Shack gear.
>      By the way, the S-125 was near identical to the S-120A. When 
> Hallicrafters ended production on their S-120 and introduced its 
> solid state 
> replacement they simply added the letter, "A" to S-120. In my 
> opinion this 
> is as much of a sacrilege as naming some of today's junk GM cars 
> after their 
> venerable 1950s predecessors.
>      Finally, the S-120 was the receiver Hallicrafters launched 
> their 
> "discover the world of SWLing" campaign around. Throughout the early 
> 1960s 
> if you sent them $1 they would send you a great 45 RPM record called 
> "The 
> Amazing World of Shorwave Listening" narrated by the late, great 
> Chicago 
> (WBKB-TV Channel 7...now WLS-TV) newscaster Alex Drier as well as a 
> little 
> bound book on shortwave listening. With this came lots of 
> advertising 
> including a full-sized picture of the S-120 that every boy of my age 
> could 
> tape to his wall and dream of one day owning! ($But $69 was a lot of 
> lawns 
> to mow in those days!).
>      Hope this answers your question.
> 
>      All my best,
> 
>      Vern Weiss, W9STB / WPE9GHF
> 
> 
> 
> 
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