Fwd: Re: [Hallicrafters] Advice, please.

[~DA~]

I like those descriptions that say, "I don't know
anything about these gizmos, though I didn't plugged
it in, it LOOKS like it should work." 
 
> --- 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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