[Hallicrafters] Join HCI Saturday Net: SX-88 Being Built Again?

[wa4aw at juno.com]

Sloof Lirpa ???  April Fools, Duane.

73,

Jeff  WA4AW



On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:29:55 -0600 "W8DBF D.B. Fischer"
<dfischer at usol.com> writes:
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> Pre-Net: 12:45 PM EST (1745 UTC)
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> Net: 1:00 PM EST (1800 UTC)
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> Frequency: 7280 KHZ +/- for key clicks, mike splatter and adjacent 
> dribble
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> Be there! Or be a square wave!
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>       21st Century Hallicrafters Reproduction Announced!
> 
> 
>      I was more than a little startled this morning when I
> received a fax from a representative of the Halligan family.
> Apparently my acquisition of the call sign of William
> Halligan Sr., W9WZE, caught their attention.
> 
>      The phenomenal resurgence of interest in Hallicrafters
> products sparked an idea in one of the grandson's mind.  He
> set to work over a year ago on a project to recreate an exact
> reproduction of the most rare and sought after Hallicrafters
> item. The Hallicrafters SX-88 receiver.
> 
>      This is an exact component for component copy of the
> original receiver introduced in 1954. This 20 tube, six
> band, dual conversion masterpiece is called the SX-88K6. The
> 'K' representing the year 2000+6.
> 
>      It covers 535 Khz - 33 Mhz with that smooth as silk
> mechanical fly wheel tuning.  The selectivity of 250 Hz to 10
> Khz in six steps is incredible. It hears what other receivers
> only have ghost images of! Where else can you find a 10 watt
> audio amplifier, delayed AGC, locking tuning dial and
> exalted BFO in the 1950's?
> 
>      Because the reproduction of this most classic
> Hallicrafters receiver will generate hitherto unimagined
> demand, many who wish to own this reproduction will be left
> with cash in hand and heartbroken. Wrong!
> 
>      Because the grandson is determined to make it available
> to the common Hallicrafters devotee, not just the ones with
> Gold lined wallets, production will continue until the demand
> ceases.  To insure that those who want one can afford it, the
> price will be actual production cost plus 7%! The actual
> price to be announced on October 31, 2006.  The first units
> should ship on, or about, February 2, 2007.
> 
>      Because the grandson has a passionate love for
> Hallicrafters, rivaled only by his hate for EBAY, all
> purchasers of the SX-88K6 will be required to sign a
> declaration stating that the receiver can never be sold on
> any electronic auction ever for any reason whatsoever. If
> this agreement is breached, the seller is subject to repay
> the manufacturer, or the manufacturers agent, a sum equal to
> fifty times the original purchase price of the receiver.
> 
>      If you are interested in owning one of these
> classic reproductions, please contact Amiel Spoofenstat in
> Hilversum, Holland at: 001-31-35-672-4422. Be sure to ask for
> his personal Secretary, Sloof Lirpa.
> 
> 
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