[Hallicrafters] Another Sucker is born

[Craig Roberts]

Well, consider how much he pays eBay in listing fees. OF COURSE, they'll 
side with him!

A couple of years ago I bought a Collins 32S-1 from a fellow in 
California (not Martyn) who claimed the transmitter, while it had "a 
little dust on the chassis" put out a "clean 100 watts plus on all 
bands". (My suspicions should have been aroused right then, considering 
the rig's normally diminished signal excretion on 10 meters, if nothing 
else).

It, too, was DOA.  The seller theorized that a tube must have been 
knocked loose during transit.  After fiddling with it for a week or so, 
I sent it off to Bud Whitney who, with great regret, sent it back with 
the explanation that the device's circuitry had been so scrambled by a 
previous owner and his American Beauty 200 W soldering iron that, a) it 
was impossible for it to operate at all, and, b) it was essentially 
irrepairable. It ended up going to a friend who enjoys stripping a 
chassis clean and doing a "ground up" restoration.

Not all members of our cheery little fraternity deserve to attend the 
family reunion.

73,
Craig
W3CRR

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