[Hallicrafters] Advice, please.

[~DA~]

--- roy.morgan at nist.gov wrote:

> Quoting Zengmeiste at aol.com:
> 
> > So maybe that sx-43 isn't going to show up anytime
> soon, perhaps.
> > I'd like your opinion on an SX-77A on eeeeekBay,
> item # 5822192179.
> > It mmm "powers up", which perhaps means most of it
> works OK.
> 
> Terry,
> 
> To my mind,what "powers up" means is: 
> 
> "I turned it on and only a small amaount of smoke
> got out after I started
> hearing the crackling and frying noises."
> Or:
> "Some lights came on but nothing else happened."
> 
> > Good idea? Or should I keep on looking?
> 
> It looks very cleanable..dust only, no grime. The
> case and knobs look in very
> good shape.  
> 
> NOTE: there is no power transformer to be burned up:
> It's an AC/DC radio. This
> means that the only difficult part (other than caps
> and resistors) you may have
> to replace due to shorted/leaky caps is the output
> transformer.  If it is
> blown, notice that it is under the chassis and a new
> replacement won't show.
> That sort of transformer is fairly easy to find from
> the same time frame,
> though, because about one million radios had them in
> the 40's and 50's.
> 
> You should run it on an isolation transformer to be
> safe.  You don't need a very
> big one, though.
> 
> I suggest you go for it, if you can buy it at a fair
> price.  (Get the seller to
> remove the tubes and pack them inside the radio for
> shipping, or you'll be
> looking for at least some replacements.)
> 
> Roy
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Roy Morgan
> 7130 Panorama Dr.
> Derwood MD 20855
>
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