[Hallicrafters] Re: Parted out Radios

[kiyoinc at attglobal.net]

I'm on the "don't part out" side. 

However, I've bought parts for restoration projects and not asked
where they came from.  

I've seen some eBay sales that don't make any sense.  I've seen
several SB-104A's go on the block in parts, individual circuit
boards. Why do people do this? 

I'm guessing that they can get 104A's pretty cheaply so they
think that they can make a big profit.   I doubt it works that
way as the 104A, like most Heath's, didn't have a lot of
specialized parts in it. 

After the filter board, the display board, and maybe the Power
amp, there's not much call for 104A parts. 

I've seen SB-200's and SB-220's go on eBay in parts.  That makes
even less sense. 

There's an active aftermarket, 2nd source for many of the SB amp
parts.  Fans, transformers, powersupply boards, even sheet metal.

I have a donor SB-303.  I got it off eBay as a "this thing is
missing most of it's parts, take the hulk, please."  

Well, it was missing all the internal boards, knobs, but it had
both the CW and SSB crystal filters.  It also had an LMO that I
refurbed and put into service.

I paid about $70 for the hulk and put the CW filter in another
SB-303.  I still have the donor radio and will use many of the
parts in other Heaths.

I have a really nice SX-100.  I saw a note on our company BBS,
"Will someone please take my shortwave radio, if no one asks for
it, I'm sending it to the landfill.   It's a Hallicrafters
SX-100, I have an external digital display for it."

Yeah, I'll take it.  

I like working on these things.  I like using them.   On a winter
night, it's fun to fire up an old radio and tune around 40, 75
meter LSB.  Listen to some CW on 7.015.  

Huh, just thought of something. I could rebuild the donor SB-303
into a QRP CW transmitter.  I have a spare LMO, case, etc.  It
would transceive with the SB-303.  Kinda a homebrew SB-403cw.

well, maybe in a few years...

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