[Hallicrafters] Boy My SX-117 Sounds Wonderful!

[Rocco Lardiere]

Sandy,

The SX-115 and SX-117 are both terrific receivers in my book.  However, the
115 is much more stable, has a much better dial readout, and its AGC is also
much better than the 117's.  The dials are equally smooth, but the 115 feels
more precise.  I feel that the 115's are a bit quieter and more sensitive;
you just hear more signals down low, near the noise.

All of that said, the 117s are a lot easier and less expensive to find and
are a lot of bang for the vintage buck.

I agree about the SR-400 CW filter - not the best, but a heck of a lot
better than the KWM-2 (which does not have one at all and is pretty lousy on
CW when the band is crowded.)

73,

Rocco N6KN

Owner of two of each.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandy" <ebjr at i-55.com>
To: "Freeberg, Scott (STP)" <Scott.Freeberg at guidant.com>;
"hallicrafters-mailman.qth.net" <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Boy My SX-117 Sounds Wonderful!


> One of the BEST hallicrafters receivers I ever owned was the SX-117!  If
they had
> a better dial system with 1 Khz. readout, I'd still have mine!  It had the
BEST notch
> filter I have ever used.  The notch was very sharp and worked VERY well.
> I sold it after I bought an SR-400 transceiver.  It's dial system was much
better
> than the SX-117, BUT the "notch" filter was almost useless, and the "CW
filter" had a sharp
> "nose" to the selectivity cirve, but the shirts were very broad at 20 db
down!
> Like the KWM-2 it's SSB performance was stellar, but on CW it left a lot
to be
> desired.  The SX-117 would run rings around it,but it's frequency
"resetability"
> wasn't very good.  I understand they FINALLY got all their "stuff
together"
> when they designed the SX-115 however!  (Or was the SX-117 just a
> cheapened version of the SX-117?)
> 73,
> Sandy W5TVW
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Freeberg, Scott (STP)" <Scott.Freeberg at guidant.com>
> To: "hallicrafters-mailman.qth.net" <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:25 AM
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Boy My SX-117 Sounds Wonderful!
>
>
> | I am a new HT-44/SX-117 owner as of a week ago.  I have the rigs setup
and hooked up but I haven't
> had a chance to put them on the air yet.  Last night I listened for a
while on 20 CW and SSB with
> the SX-117.  Wow, what a nice receiver with good sounding signals, super
smooth tuning, no backlash.
> You guys were right, the background noise is low on this receiver and the
signals really stand out
> from the noise.
> |
> | I experimented with the Notch tuning on some cw signals and I found it
to work FB. Maybe not the
> deepest notch I've ever used but still took care of adjacent signals
nicely.  SSB signals sound very
> nice and crisp.  CW signals also sound very nice and crisp.  I'm using the
PS-150 built in speaker
> and I think it sounds FB.
> |
> | I dug out my Hallicrafters version of the classic Turner mic.  It is jet
black with a red 'h' dot
> in the center of the mic screen, and it has the name 'Hallicrafters'
engraved across the front of
> the PTT bar.  Its a cool looking mic that really completes the station.
Oops, it has some bigger
> connector that I don't recognize so I just have to remove it and install a
standard 2 pin job.
> |
> | So I'm almost a 'validated' Hallicrafters user :->>>
> |
> | 73, Scott WA9WFA
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