Fwd: Re: [Hallicrafters] Advice, please.

[Dave Harmon]

How about...."Smokes little for its age".....
"Small paint rub to the metal"
"light dust on chassis....I didn't want to disturb it"....


Regards

Dave Harmon
NSRCA 586
K6XYZ[at]valornet[dot]com
Broken Arrow, Ok.

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[mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of George KB2Z
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 1:28 PM
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Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [Hallicrafters] Advice, please.


That's much better than Excellent Condition, I was told it worked 20 
years ago. or  Guaranteed not DOA. How about the Perfect condition 
ones with pictures that look like the rig was holding up a corner of 
the barn. I got an S-40a delivered with the mice still in it and a 
tube tester with some shield looking bugs living off the corroded 
red  Ever-ready D cells. I always open my packages outside since 
then. Caveat Emptor.

At 01:52 PM 10/23/05, you 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."
>
> > --- 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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