[Hallicrafters] Navy SX-28 with panadaptor?

[Peter Markavage]

Sounds like the military version of the elusive Hallicrafters S-35. A
SX-28 and a panoramic adapter mounted in a rack cabinet.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:10:19 -0400 rrkrr <rrkrr at comcast.net> writes:
> I found a WWII Navy version of the SX-28 at the Atlanta hamfest 
> yesterday.  The front panel is black wrinkle finish and does not 
> have 
> the embossed texture and does not say "hallicrafters" or "Super 
> Skyrider".  All the knobs and other engravings are in the usual 
> places 
> as are the dials and S meter.  A metal tag says "TYPE CHL-46195 
> RADIO 
> RECEIVER" and "A UNIT OF MODEL RBY RADIO EQUIPMENT".
> 
>  From a single reference I could find on the web, the other unit of 
> the 
> RBY radio equipment was a panoramic frequency display made by 
> Panoramic 
> Radio Corp. Has anyone ever seen one of these?
> 
> The radio is pretty rusty, but everything is there.  I think it can 
> all 
> be salvaged, but I'm going to have to strip the chassis and have it 
> 
> sandblasted and re-plated, then completely reassemble with new fixed 
> 
> resistors and caps.
> 
> Bob K4ERR