[Hallicrafters] Look at this beauty!, cont'd

[Julian Bunn]

I think the hole was for an antenna trimmer, which was a popular mod
on the S76 at some point.

Does anyone have details about that mod?

Julian

Troglodite at aol.com wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 2/15/2007 11:03:45 PM Central Standard Time,  
> Zengmeiste at aol.com writes:
>
> On  second thought, the hole prolly was for the outboard decoder attachment.
> Or  maybe the self-destruct button?
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> The "self destruct" feature was always a switch, with a bright red cover  
> that had the word DESTRUCT written on it. It wasrarely button. That would be too  
> tempting. I bought a piece of surplus gear in Los Angeles in the early 50's, 
> and  one Thermite charge was still in it. What a fiasco that was. And looking 
> at that  hole, it looks like about 7/16" which would be about right for a 
> switch.
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