[Hallicrafters] Guilt Feelings

[Peter May]

I think we might have all done this sort of thing as teenagers.
This was not helped by radio/electronics magazines in the business of
advertising new transistor based gear, putting down all things tube based.
I completely stripped a low frequency high power Bendix transmitter from a
Liberator bomber to build something else in the chassis, these transmitters
are far and few between nowadays. I built a replica "Baird" mechanical
scanning TV camera in the chassis.
I also pulled apart one of my working BC611 Walkie Talkies and somewhere in
the process of moving addresses lost the microphone and mouthpiece, for
which I've never been able to find replacements.
So you are not Robinson Crusoe on this one!

Regards
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <wa0kds at yahoo.com>
To: "Bill Gerhold" <k2wh at optonline.net>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Guilt Feelings


> 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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