[Hallicrafters] go go go

[Craig Roberts]

Although we prefer to publish learned presentations on esoteric and 
highly technical matters like paint colors and exchange personal 
greetings celebrating the warm camaraderie of the amateur radio 
community ("...your one brain cell is unlikely to be damaged..."), we 
occasionally entertain discussions of SX-28 receivers.

Although I don't own one, I'd like to simply because of its looks.  I've 
unknowingly wanted one ever since I was a kid and spotted a photo of a 
portion of its front panel accompanying a construction article on a 
Q-Multiplier or some such accessory in an early '60's ARRL Handbook.  
For years I wondered what radio sported that nifty face. Since the photo 
was in the Handbook I figured the set was a really nice homebrew job and 
searched in vain for the article describing it.  It wasn't until I got 
into restoring boatanchors a few years ago that I learned the true 
identity of the handsome beast.

Do you subscribe to Electric Radio?  The SX-28 has been the subject of  
several articles in that fine little magazine and back issues are 
available (though searchable index for them seems to be down at the moment).

Phil Nelson has a nice SX-28 restoration article posted on his website 
at http://antiqueradio.org/halli12.htm , too.

Have fun and 73,

Craig
W3CRR