[Hallicrafters] FT-241 Crystal holder needed

[Roger K8RI]

> You need a socket for an FT-243.  The one for the
> FT-241 is MUCH larger.

You're right, it's the Globe Chief Deluxe which has the crystal holder and 
not the octal socket behind the panel.


Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com
>
> Now, the Globe Chief 90 and the Globe Chief 90A used
> an octal socket mounted behind the panel.  If your
> Globe Chief has a "regular" FT-243 socket or if
> someone has added an FT-241 socket, then that is NOT
> original unless the transmitter is a Globe Chief
> Deluxe.
>
> I have a WRL Globe Chief 90A as part of the
> re-creation of my original Novice Class station from
> 1959.  I have also taken a look at some photos of the
> Globe Chief 90.  Both have the octal socket for the
> crystal socket.  You can see the machine screws that
> hold the socket in place even though there are only
> two holes spaced on 0.486 inch centers through the
> panel.
>
> Now, the Globe Chief Deluxe did use the brown single
> type of crystal socket and not an octal socket.  If
> you have a Globe Chief Deluxe then what you need is
> still an FT-243 single type of socket.
>
> Needless to say, you need to be a little more specific
> in identifying your transmitter.  WRL made the Globe
> Chief 90 and Globe Chief 90A both of which covered 160
> through 10 meters.  They also made the Globe Chief
> Deluxe which covered 80 meters through 10 meters.  All
> three transmitters a pair of 807 tubes in the final
> amplifier stage.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> --- Roger K8RI <hallicraftersgroup at rogerhalstead.com>
> wrote:
>
> At least I think it's a 241.
>
> What I need is the brown phenolic crystal holder that
> goes on the front of a Globe Chief.  The one that
> holds the large crystals we used as Novices back in
> the late 50's and early 60's.  I'm setting up my old
> Novice station and the crystal holder has a large
> piece broken off. It still works though.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
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