[Hallicrafters] Guilt Feelings

[Ron]

All you did was made those that survived be worth more. I have an SX-17 
that is on the restore list.

Ron WA0KDS




Bill Gerhold wrote:

>I must confess........
>
>I am still having strong guilt feelings about something I did 30 years ago. 
>I just cannot get it out of my mind so I will confess here using this forum
>even though it may horrify some collectors of Hallicrafters gear.  Send your
>children out of the room before proceeding further.  It is horrible.
>
>I once had an SX-17, working condition, overall appearance by today’s
>standards in excellent condition.  I used it as an IF for VHF work and
>shortwave listening.  As a young man, I had other interests at the time and
>the SX-17 took a back seat to more important matters such as girls.  What
>else.  Eventually I lost all interest in ham radio and was no longer
>interested in maintaining my SX-17.
>
>Here it is -- I tossed the SX-17 in the morning garbage.
>
>I can only plead insanity at the time.  Oh how bad I feel now about that
>wonderful radio and wonder to this day where it went.  I can only hope a
>good garbage collector (another ham) found it and gave it a good home.  Well
>I got that off my chest and I feel better now.  Now that all of you know the
>horrible thing I did as a young ham to my beloved SX-17.  I am ashamed of my
>past but I have made amends.  I have opened my home to orphaned, deserted
>and abused Hallicrafters radios.  I have adopted numerous Hallicrafters
>radios including another SX-17 and take good care of them, fix them when
>they are sick and make sure they are exercised every day.  Thanks for
>listening and helping to me relieve me of this heavy burden and I hope you
>can forgive me and if you have an SX-17 with a 2" hole in the case right
>over the rectifier to let out the heat (smart move on my part), you may have
>the one I abandoned.
>
>K2WH
>
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