[Hallicrafters] On the question of Solid State vs Tubes

[jeremy-ca]

You should differentiate between ORIGINAL, RESTORED,  REFURBISHED and 
MODIFIED.

Using the AACA (Antique Automoible Club of America) as a guideline as they 
have been around way longer than boatanchors:

ORIGINAL:  Means just that. As it left the factory. Often these are strictly 
museum pieces as they are no longer safe to drive (or use in the case of 
radios)

RESTORED: Brought back to original condition by using NOS parts or marquee 
club accepted replacement parts.
A Cadillac has stricter rules than a Nash for example and pre WW2 Fords are 
among the strictest.  Safety changes are often acceptable such as hydraulic 
brakes which could equate to new power cords and wiring changes to AC/DC 
sets. With BA's just look at the Collins fanatics.

REFURBISHED: Loose as a goose interpetation. For BA's it could mean rattle 
can spray over chipped paint; anything goes under the chassis for style of 
replacement components; different appearing IF cans, xfmr, etc. Similar to 
what you might find on a low end used car lot.

MODIFIED:  Different engine, 12V electrical system with alternator, souped 
up flathead, etc. For BA's this could mean redesigned front ends, product 
detectors, AVC, xtal/mechanical filters, or anything else to "improve" 
performance.

I grew up watching my rich aunts 7" Emerson TV with a magnifier screen in 
front of it. My parents first TV was a Hallicrafters, what a piece of 
garbage. They returned it after 6 months of constant service calls and 
bought a DuMont.
My first radio was a 4 tube AC regeerative built from a 1954 Popular 
Mechanics article with parts scrounged at the local dump.

Carl
KM1H



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Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 1:47 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] On the question of Solid State vs Tubes


> Well It's not just experiencing the "warm glow" of a vacuum tube (which
> obviously some folks here on the list don't seem to care much about !) but
> keeping a VACUUM TUBE communication rcvr as close to ORIGINALITY as 
> possible.
> You've already removed all of the paper caps and the original 
> electrolytics
> (excluding those who insert new caps inside the original ones,I salute 
> them)
> ,most of the original out of tolerance resistors have gone.So now whats 
> left?
> The thrill of a RESTORING an old radio,transmitter or TV or whatever is to
> bring back the ORIGINAL circuit
> configuration back to life keeping the circuit design as close as possible
> as the original circuit designers/engineers had intended.
>
> As somebody who grew up with black & white TV sets ,old console radios 
> with
> a dozen or more vacuum tubes in them ,the "thrill" of watching the tubes 
> glow
> continues till this day .
> Nick
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