[Hallicrafters] here is One Not in the Books

[Barry Hauser]

Well, that's an odd coincidence.  Got a strange signal on my SX-28 -- a
very faint "CQ CQ CQ and then "Pssst ... pass it on .. yeah you!  Right -
you!  .... Tell your buddy ..   Ah-HAH!  I told you not to open that
chassis!  Why do ya' think I had 'em put those acorns in there! heh heh
heh..  BH"

Before I had a chance to ponder why he signed off with just "BH" (my
initials, but somehow otherwise familiar), he came back:  "Because some
magician in Michigan got trusteeship of my call, dummy!  Hahhahhahah! 
Well, gotta go and put my secretary on so she can read off some more
numbers in Spanish. Y'know -- help keep 'em interested, hee hee ... 73's
BH"

As Jack Paar used to say, "It's true, it's all true."  
Barry


On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:22:46 +0500 Bill <k2wh at optonline.net> writes:
> I recently decided to perform some work on my very pristine SX-17
> receiver.
> 
> This radio works wonderfully, clean with no dents or dings 
> whatsoever.
> Everything
> Is original or so I thought.  I never recapped the unit, I never 
> opened
> or removed
> The bottom chassis plate.
> 
> Anyway, I decided to replace the rubber feet because after 60+ 
> years,
> the feet were
> Basically crushed and the bottom plate bolt heads were scraping the
> desk.  So, turning
> The receiver on it's side, I removed the 4 bolts holding  the 
> "Caution
> do not Remove"
> Sign saying the warranty would be void.  I debated that for a while 
> and
> figured the
> Warrantee must have expired by now.
> 
> After removing all the bolts holding the plate, I found something in 
> the
> chassis that
> No one ever mentioned I would find in there.  Neither this reflector 
> or
> the manual.
> 
> I found (2) ACORNS!  2 ACORNS.  I removed the acorns, and the rig 
> seems
> to work much
> Better.
> 
> K2WH
> 
> P.S.  This is no joke.  I really did find these very old acorns in
> there.
> 
>  
> 
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