[Hallicrafters] SX-28A Bandswitch

[Al Parker]

I shoulda said, that's the posn for band 1, and the stop should be at the
clockwise pos'n, viewed from the front.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Parker" <anchor at ec.rr.com>
To: "Charles Watkins" <watkins9213 at bellsouth.net>;
<hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] SX-28A Bandswitch


> Hi Charlie,
>     Welcome to the fun of SX-28's ;-)   It's gotta be a mechanical
> problem, maybe the detent/stop on the rear panel.  The flats on the BS
> shaft should be on the sides, i.e. flat at 9 & 3 o'clock.  Looking into
> the rear, with the detent off, the tab on the switch wafer "rotor"
should
> be at about the 4 o'clock posn, alnost toward the tapped hole.  I've
been
> into my SX-28A for the last week or so, it's open, so I took a peek for
> you.  It'd be easy to get 180 degrees off, but I can't figure how you'd
> get 1 band off.
>     My SX-28A is "a whole nutha story," maybe I'll go into that in the
> near future.
>     They are great sounding when they're done, I have my "plain" SX-28
on
> almost every day.
> 73,
> Al, W8UT
> New Bern, NC
> BoatAnchors appreciated here
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>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles Watkins" <watkins9213 at bellsouth.net>
> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:19 PM
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] SX-28A Bandswitch
>
>
> Hello alI have just finished re-capping the bottom half of my SX-28A and
>
> noticed the bandswitch stops on band 2( 1.6 - 3.0 MC) when turned fully
>
> clockwise. This seemed a bit curious to me, as it seemed to me it should
> stop
>
> at band 1. I have never seen this rcvr powered up, never used it. It was
> given to
>
> me a couple of years ago.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlie , K4GBM
>