[Hallicrafters] Soild state vs Tubes

[HallicrafterSX28 at aol.com]

The whole purpose of  restoring a 60 or 70 year old radio is to  experience 
the glow and warmth of a thermionic vacuum tube  !! If you want  to use solid 
state replacements then you might as well remove all of the tubes  and insert 
transistors in all the sockets(of course with the proper voltage  dropping 
resistors !) that would defintely reduce ALL heating and load on the  power 
transformer !!
I like  to open the top lid on my SX-28 or SX-17 to  enjoy the warm orange 
glow to comes of all the tubes including the rectifier  tube when it's pulling 
signals from a distant station.
My 2  cents
Nick




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