[Hallicrafters] My Wife has good taste <grin>

Tue Nov 16 09:37:11 EST 2004

You know Philip, I came across the same tunining issue with my SX-42.  Even 
though the gear mechanism operates very smooth, the flywheel (installed with 
thrust washers on the shaft) only moves when you physically turn it (with 
effort) holding the tuning shaft. (???)

My wife wonders why I have so many of these classic radios anyway- its all 
good!

73 de Steve KA0BMQ

>From: "Philip Atchley" <beaconeer at mercednet.com>
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>Hi Y'all,
>
>Well, I finished recapping the SX-101 and played it awhile (without 
>touching the alignment).  Just replacing those capacitors and cleaning the 
>controls and switches made a VAST difference in the overall performance of 
>the set. It actually seems to work as it should 8^)
>
>My wife wasn't home when the SX-101 belonging to a friend arrived along 
>with it's mate, an HT-37 that is my "payment" for cleaning up the SX-101. 
>Anyway, I'd just finished removing and reinstalling the front panel and 
>knobs to clean the brown nicotine "yuck" from the dial, S meter etc when I 
>showed it to my wife.  Now, this woman is a GREAT wife (of 32 years), but 
>has absolutely no interest in boatanchors!  She took one look at the radio 
>and said "it was hers". I told her, "no, it belongs to a friend" and showed 
>her "my" HT-37.  She said "I'd rather have that one", pointing at the 
>SX-101.
>
>Now, let me ask you, does this woman have good taste or what? (She must 
>have, she married me ;-)
>
>QUESTION on another point. The tuning on this set was quite stiff with NO 
>flywheel action at all while tuning.  While I had the face off I thoroughly 
>cleaned, oiled and lubed the entire tuning mechanism.  I used a light 
>synthetic grease on the gears (same as we use on VCR's at the shop).  The 
>tuning is MUCH smoother, but it does NOT have the really free and smooth 
>feel that I'd expect of a tuning system having a heavy weighted knob AND a 
>flywheel.  Is this normal?
>
>73 de Phil,  KO6BB
>http://users.mercednet.com/beaconeer/
>Merced, Central California, 37.3N  120.48W  CM97sh
>
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