[Hallicrafters]V17#1-SX-17, Heartbroken

[Phil Barnes-Roberts]

At 04:00 AM 6/1/05 -0400, hallicrafters-request at mailman.qth.net juggled the 
keys to produce...
>Subject: [Hallicrafters] SX-17, I'm Heart Broken
>Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 21:30:38 -0400
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>Well just as I was buttoning up my SX-17, new looking, aligned perfectly,
>tuned up and receiving fabulously, I accidentally touched the "S" meter
>terminal with the metal cover over the main tuning cap.
>
>I BLEW OUT THE METER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Can you hear me sobbing here as I write
>this?
>
>Anyway, I am looking for a replacement meter.  It looks like the SX-16,
>SX-17 and SX-18 had the same meter.  Anyone got one?  Contact me off list at
>K2WH at optonline.net.  The members of this list, as Hallicrafters enthusiasts,
>you really don't want to see this wonderful almost NEW IN THE BOX receiver
>have this gapping hole in the front panel.  Do you?  I didn't think so.  So,
>sell me a meter.
>
>Thanks for listening.  Now I will go drown my sorrows.
>
>K2WH

While we commiserate with Bill's grief, and search our memories and junk 
boxes; it sounds like it's a good cautionary tale for the rest of us.  When 
the cleaning, recapping, alignment etc., etc. is all done, and it's time to 
button up - turn off, pull and place the line plug _on_the_bench_ in front 
of the radio, _then_ finish up putting sheet metal back together.  Avoid 
much tears.  Sorry to hear it, Bill.

Just like the one about not sitting on a metal stool when powered-up, or 
not putting your hands in a powered radio (certainly not _both_; one in 
your pocket _if_it's_absolutely_necessary_ to poke a probe into the parts 
that bite...)  We had one kid at Memphis (NATTC, AFU-A school, '64-'65) who 
did all of the above in the receiver lab, and we shook our heads and 
wondered how he'd lived this long, and how long he'd last out in the 
Fleet.  Not paying attention?  You bet!

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