[Hallicrafters] Mods to Hallis.....

[jew123 at juno.com]

So far I only have one radio, a SX99 and feel that radios are like 
wives.  One should only have one.  But some people do not learn until 
later in life so then there is a rush to He-Hay to get down to legal 
limits.

I cannot understand why even the last Hallis still mostly used those 
big ole octal tubes when everyone else went to the more modern and 
IMHO better minature 7/9 pin tubes.  Did Hallicrafters not know about 
6V6 output tubes?  Well after I unbox my SX99 I will install a 6V6 so 
that I can hear it for more than 20 feet.  And I painted it black 
because I could not determine what color it should be.  And I will 
have someone with a commercial laser printer reproduce the 
silver/white area around the knobs with a silver/white plastic that 
will cover the old numbers.  I have scanned in this area and used 
Photoshop to clean up the scraches and rubbed off numbers.  How-some-
ever if a purist looks he will notice the off color, a new 
silver/white area around the knobs and that the radio plays too loud 
because I have used a 6V6 instead of a 6F6.  And if he looks closer he 
might discover that I have taken apart my 6H6 and removed the glass 
innards once it dies and put in those tiny 1N34 diodes.  6H6s never 
really die though, do they?

However I do not plan on installing a tuning-eye tube as back-up for 
my S-meter.

Good cheers to all,

Jim Winkelr
Denver, CO


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