[Hallicrafters] SX-17 Receiver

[rkerr]

Bill,
I have an SX-17 with this dial light, and I have seen three others with 
the same part.  It's a bulb socket installed in the panel with a 
snap-on, metal shade that directs the light down toward the Main Tuning 
dial pointer.  It makes sense, if you want to operate the radio in a 
darkened room, because even with the lighted S Meter and Bandspread 
Dial, you can't read the Main Tuning dial without this light.

It's either a factory add-on, or a wonderful coincidence wherein 
everyone who modified all the SX-16/SX-17 radios I've seen decided to 
buy the identical light.

Bob
WB4TGG


Bill Gerhold wrote:

>I have a very nice SX-17 receiver and am quite familiar with the receiver.
>I was looking at one of the more popular BA sites and there is an SX-17 for
>sale that I noticed had a strange protuberance to the upper right of the
>main tuning dial.  Not knowing what it was, I read some of the descriptive
>text about the receiver and the seller states "this one has the optional
>dial light" installed.
>
>I was unaware the SX-17 was sold with an optional dial light for the main
>tuning dial.  A nice idea but, was such an option available?  The only dial
>lights I am aware of are the "S" meter and the Band spread dial.  Anyone
>know the answer to this one.  Chucks book does not note this.
>
>K2WH 
>
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