Fwd: Re: [Hallicrafters] Advice, please.

[Julian Bunn]

Or "I don't know anything about radios, but I plugged it in and the 
third IF transformer
smoked. May need paper capacitors replacing by Orange Drops."

Julian

~DA~ wrote:

>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." 
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>>--- roy.morgan at nist.gov wrote:
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>>>Quoting Zengmeiste at aol.com:
>>>
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>>>>So maybe that sx-43 isn't going to show up
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>>>>
>>anytime
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>>>soon, perhaps.
>>>      
>>>
>>>>I'd like your opinion on an SX-77A on eeeeekBay,
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>>>>
>>>item # 5822192179.
>>>      
>>>
>>>>It mmm "powers up", which perhaps means most of
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>>>>
>>it
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>>>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?
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>>>>
>>>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:
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>>
>>>It's an AC/DC radio. This
>>>means that the only difficult part (other than
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>>>
>>caps
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>>>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
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>>>replacement won't show.
>>>That sort of transformer is fairly easy to find
>>>      
>>>
>>from
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>>>the same time frame,
>>>though, because about one million radios had them
>>>      
>>>
>>in
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>>>the 40's and 50's.
>>>
>>>You should run it on an isolation transformer to
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>>>
>>be
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>>>safe.  You don't need a very
>>>big one, though.
>>>
>>>I suggest you go for it, if you can buy it at a
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>>fair
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>>>price.  (Get the seller to
>>>remove the tubes and pack them inside the radio
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>>>
>>for
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>>>shipping, or you'll be
>>>looking for at least some replacements.)
>>>
>>>Roy
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>Roy Morgan
>>>7130 Panorama Dr.
>>>Derwood MD 20855
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>>>
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