[Hallicrafters] Re:Digi-crafters

[Bill Krause]

This is an interesting thread and one that is repeated in other forums. 
I collect and shoot military surplus firearms. On those forums there are 
those purist who don't believe in any alteration under any 
circumstances, there are those who replace original parts with other 
original parts and make minor alterations, and there are those who will 
alter these pieces of history to suit there fancy. When it comes to 
radios I confess that I enjoy some of these great pieces that have been 
recapped and even had a tube replaced with a modern solid state device 
to prevent heat build up. On the other hand I struggle with the issue of 
a digital display. I am a digital kind of guy and think how neat it 
would be to be able to tune to the exact frequency every time but I have 
a hard time escaping from the history and ambiance of these masterpieces 
and I do have plenty of digital radios. I like to sit in the darken 
radio room listening to the news from London with with the glow of one 
of these boat anchors casting a bit of light into the room. It is a 
different experience than scanning the bands on one of my modern 
receivers in the down stairs bed room.

                                                    Bill Krause

Al Parker wrote:

>Thanks for saying it John.  I'll bet 95% of us who have been watching this
>thread agree with you.  If the other 5% or 1/2%, whatever it might be,
>want to do it, fine, but why didn't they buy a Yaecomwood?  And go to
>those lists and talk abt how neat it might be?
>73 to all,
>Al, W8UT
>New Bern, NC
>BoatAnchors appreciated here
>http://www.thecompendium.net/radio/
>http://www.hammarlund.info
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>From: "john" <johnmb at nc.rr.com>
>To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7:02 PM
>Subject: [Hallicrafters] Digi-crafters
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>>Lots of interesting conversation regarding digital readouts and the
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>>While the AADE unit looks like a nice piece,  I'd have to question why
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>>would want to tear into vintage gear and paste a digital dial in there?
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>>I guess it would be useful to watch how much drift occurs, but there's
>>easier and less invasive ways of accomplishing that.
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>>Why would anyone particularly care whether you're listening on 7040,
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>7040.8
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>>7041.2 or 7045, if operating vintage BA gear? If you start on 7040 with
>>much Halli gear, you're likely to end on 7042 or 7038 before too long
>>anyway! Why rush the process?
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>>I guess you could replace the warm, golden dial with some LEDs, replace
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>>tubes with FETs,  the hollow state rectifiers with 1N4007s and you'd
>>have.... well.... the very radio we're trying to get away from by using
>>Boatanchor gear.
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>>Pondering this further,  picture ambling down the local hamfest
>>aisles...ahah! What's that box under the table...on its side toward the
>>back. Gotta be Halli!  Cool! It's a SX-40 and that would be just the
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>>to use w/the Ranger...  Let's see...don't act too excited.. don't want
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>>tip our hat to the nice man selling this piece. Let me scoot it around
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>>take a look if it's got all the knobs.......    oh..........  someone's
>>pasted a digital dial in there.
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>>Darn.... maybe the next row....
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>>Digital ovens, digital dashes, digital clocks, digital washers and
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>dryers,
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>>digital world....
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>>Give me that SX-101 with it's football field wide dial. Lets see...who
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>>on 7040 qrping it tonight... hmmm should be right about here on the
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>>plus or minus a bit. There we go...looks to be two or three qso's , and
>>bingo! There's a CQ... Hmmm ... somewhere about 7045...let me spot the
>>Ranger....there we go! Ready to rock!  Nice fist, nice Ranger, nice
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>analog
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>>station, nice time to sit back and relax, and enjoy my analog escape.
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>>Respectfully,
>>John K5MO
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