[Hallicrafters] Re: ID this Hallicrafters RX?

Sat Jul 7 18:08:12 EDT 2007

Gentlemen: This is a "hobby". A hobby is supposed to be fun, relaxing and an 
escape from the pressures of daily life. Each person has his/her own 
definition of the term "hobby". What is fun to one, is boring to another. 
What is irritating to another is enlightening to someone else. So have fun 
in whatever way you personally prefer and let others do the same. Think of 
it as the infinite number of colors of gray that Hallicrafters somehow 
managed to paint their multitude of products with. All gray, but all 
slightly different. So have fun guys and let's not get critical of what 
another thinks is fun.

Gentlemen, start your isolation transformers, light those tubes and let the 
games begin -

Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Bunn" <Julian.Bunn at caltech.edu>
To: "Charlie" <pincon at erols.com>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: ID this Hallicrafters RX?

> I'm with Charlie.
>
> For me, one of the main attractions is buying an old Halli "in need of 
> TLC" and bringing it up to cosmetic
> and operational scratch. I'm not really interested in paying lots of $$ 
> for a pristine specimen someone else
> has restored or kept in mothballs.
>
> Also I think there is far too much Ebay-bashing goes on in this list. If 
> it hadn't been for Ebay I would never
> have got started with this hobby. I have never been to a hamfest (although 
> they sound fun) and had never
> touched a Hallicrafters radio before I bought a tired SX-110 on Ebay.
>
> My most expensive purchase was an SX-28 from an old ham. This was a 
> private sale, and not on Ebay. I
> thought it was interesting that this old geezer charged me above Ebay 
> market price for his set, and when
> I got it I found that instead of it being all original it had a major mod, 
> that deleted the ANL! As such it would
> have gone on Ebay for half what I paid, if that.
>
> So I guess I have the opposite experience to others when it comes to Ebay.
>
> Julian
>
> Charlie wrote:
>> Yep, I agree.  I enjoy restoring the trash-can radios a lot more than 
>> paying top dollar for a "gottahave".  To me, the relative (low) 
>> "investment" is part of the fun.   It's sorta like Ice Cream that's on 
>> sale always tastes better than full price stuff doesn't it?  Then again, 
>> maybe I'm just too cheap!
>>
>> One of my favorites is a 75A-2 that I bought for $2.00 at an auction.  It 
>> was in SAD shape.  It took about $50 worth of scavenged missing parts 
>> (BFO assembly, meter, knobs, etc.) and now is one of the first I turn on 
>> to check the AM windows.  Oh, it was in a 32V-3 cabinet at the time, 
>> which now has a nice new powder coat (ala Howard Mills) and will house my 
>> 32V when it's done.
>>
>> 73' Charlie k3ICH
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <WA1KBQ at aol.com>
>> To: <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
>> Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:29 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: ID this Hallicrafters RX?
>>
>>
>>>> I was merely saying, if you don't look at
>>>> it as an investment,  it's not an issue. If you look at it as something
>>>> you enjoy, an old radio  that's fun to restore and use, and the bottom
>>>> falls out of the  micromarket of classic radio gear tomorrow, you've
>>>> lost nothing because  you still get out of it what you intended:
>>>> enjoyment, satisfaction. Hard  to put a price on that. The only
>>>> protection needed is more time to enjoy  the stuff.
>>>
>>>
>>> With all due respect let's probe that a little to find out  if this is 
>>> really
>>> true. Have you ever negotiated for a lower price on a  piece of 
>>> equipment for
>>> sale somewhere you wanted? Haven't we all? Isn't the  financial side of
>>> buying and selling really important to all of us then whether  we are 
>>> willing to
>>> admit it or not? If you bring something to sell what guides  your 
>>> selling price
>>> decision? Current actual selling price history? 1964 selling  prices? 
>>> Off the
>>> cuff or whether you like the potential buyer or not? What  if I decided 
>>> to
>>> sell you my all original 1932 National AGS Airport receiver  setup in 
>>> the
>>> original rack with original exposed cone speaker, coils in the  coil 
>>> racks and GRDPU
>>> power supply for $500 because I thought you would be a good  owner for 
>>> it who
>>> would appreciate the history of it and honor what it was? What  I would 
>>> want
>>> of course would be for you to honor the special  arrangement I extended 
>>> to you
>>> by finding another appreciative  prospective owner and offering similar
>>> arrangements when the time came for  you to sell but how could I know 
>>> for sure you
>>> would do that? What if you  decided to sell for $10K because that is 
>>> what the
>>> market currently happens to be  for a complete setup like this? What 
>>> kind of a
>>> statement would that make about  me and wouldn't I be risking being made 
>>> a
>>> fool but I guess, who would care?
>>>
>>> It is commendable to be in a position to love old radios without regard 
>>> to
>>> the financial aspects of buying and selling but I am not in that group 
>>> yet. I
>>> still work a Monday through Friday job and would like to be able to 
>>> retire
>>> comfortably someday so I have to keep an eye on values and whether the 
>>> prices I
>>> decide to buy at or sell for are wise or not. I want my finances in 
>>> order
>>> and trying to retire while still having old debt and a home  mortgage is 
>>> not a
>>> wise plan. I try to keep current of market values  for everything I have 
>>> and I
>>> usually know current values for stuff that  I am interested in because I 
>>> have
>>> to be careful about the choices I make or my  plans might not work out. 
>>> No one
>>> knows what the future will bring and I might  find myself having to sell
>>> radios someday, who knows, but I sure don't want to  be in a position 
>>> that these
>>> things have put me in a hole I cannot get out of. If  I retired in a 
>>> tent
>>> someday with old radios stacked up around my ears would they  say I did 
>>> it for the
>>> love of the hobby or would they say I sure was stupid?  Maybe it doesn't
>>> matter to everyone but it matters to me.
>>>
>>> 73, Greg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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