[Hallicrafters] OLD OR VINTAGE OR ANTIQUE

[Julian Bunn]

For some, like me, it's not so much the build quality, but the design
that attracts. These older radios just look great, in my opinion. The
early 38 (although I don't have one) in particular is a beautiful looking
radio with the dial shapes and layout. Clearly vintage. I would never call
it an antique, though. That it's old goes without saying.

Another 2c towards the pile of coins on the table.

Julian



Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
> On 9/18/07, Dick Blaney <wb8mhe at bright.net> wrote:
>> DEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS, Sonny!!!! I'm a' callin' you out to the middle of Main
>> Street at high noon.  We'll settle this matter with six  shooters.  Since
>> 1946 I've owned at least one S-38, and now have six, including that original
>> that I bought from Concord Radio in Chicago in 1946.  The only ones I've
>> seen that were "junk" had been abused and misused by some jerk that didn't
>> know what a Hallicrafter Radio was or represented, no matter what model
>> number it carried.  Of course, you are entitled to your opinion, but I'm
>> reminded that "Opinions are like hemorrhoids, only A.. Ho... have them
>> Dick, WB8MHE
> 
> I think Carl was just using the more readily-accepted shortcut for the
> term 'of low quality'. I agree completely with his assessments and
> comparisons. Never was lucky *cough* enough to own the venerable S-38,
> but my first SW receiver was a step or two higher: the S-40B. It
> wasn't junk, just really cheap and marginal. I got hours of enjoyment
> from it and never would've known what I was missing, had it not been
> for that $5 National RAO I tripped over beneath a table at a garage
> sale.
> 
> Don't get me wrong - I understand and fully appreciate the gap that
> Halli, Heath, and WRL filled with some lower quality items. Obviously
> there was a need and a market, or the stuff wouldn't still be so
> prolific, endlessly surfacing on ebay, at hamfests, yard sales and so
> on.
> 
> If you were to set a brand new S-38 next to an equally new SX-28 or
> SX-88, you might think.....that dinky little radio looks like a piece
> of junk! If you had nothing to compare it against, it might not look
> so bad. Most of us were never lucky enough to have that exposure early
> on, which is a blessing it disguise. It allowed us to develop an
> appreciation, through experience.
> 
> Which is why I, too, cannot understand why anyone would pay so much
> for an S-38 - ebay or otherwise. 'Nostalgia' does crazy things to
> people.
> 
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ
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