[Hallicrafters] Guilt Feelings

[BOB D.]

Years ago we threw a Ocean Hopper two tube regen receiver in the dump ...

It was a receiver kit radio sold by Allied Radio in the 1950's ...

One recently sold for $300.00 on eBay ....

Original cost ... $10.95...

This was our first station with a 50L6 single tube xtal controlled xmtr ... 
4 watts ...

We recently rebuilt this transmitter ...from April 1956 CQ ...  still great 
fun on the bands ...

Whitey  K1VV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter May" <peter_may at optusnet.com.au>
To: "Ron" <wa0kds at yahoo.com>; "Bill Gerhold" <k2wh at optonline.net>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Guilt Feelings


>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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