[Hallicrafters] Has Halli Been Reborn?

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This isn't the first year he's done this
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward B Richards" <zuu6k at juno.com>
To: <dfischer at usol.com>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Has Halli Been Reborn?


> Duane;
> 
> You need to update the years. 2000 is long gone,
> 
> Ed
> 
> On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:06:07 -0500 "Duane Fischer, W8DBF"
> <dfischer at usol.com> writes:
>> 
>>     
>>       21st Century Hallicrafters Reproduction Announced!
>> 
>> 
>>      I was more than a little startled this morning when I
>> received a fax from a representative of the Halligan family.
>> Apparently my acquisition of the call sign of William
>> Halligan Sr., W9WZE, caught their attention.
>> 
>>      The phenomenal resurgence of interest in Hallicrafters
>> products sparked an idea in one of the grandson's mind.  He
>> set to work over a year ago on a project to recreate an exact
>> reproduction of the most rare and sought after Hallicrafters
>> item. The Hallicrafters SX-88 receiver.
>> 
>>      This is an exact component for component copy of the
>> original receiver introduced in 1954. This 20 tube, six
>> band, dual conversion masterpiece is called the SX-88K. The
>> 'K' representing the year 2000.
>> 
>>      It covers 535 Khz - 33 Mhz with that smooth as silk
>> mechanical flywheel tuning.  The selectivity of 250 Hz to 10
>> Khz in six steps is incredible. It hears what other receivers
>> only have ghost images of! Where else can you find a 10 watt
>> audio amplifier, delayed AGC, locking tuning dial and
>> exalted BFO in the 1950's?
>> 
>>      Because the reproduction of this most classic
>> Hallicrafters receiver will generate hitherto unimagined
>> demand, many who wish to own this reproduction will be left
>> with cash in hand and heartbroken. Wrong!
>> 
>>      Because the grandson is determined to make it available
>> to the common Hallicrafters devotee, not just the ones with
>> Gold lined wallets, production will continue until the demand
>> ceases.  To insure that those who want one can afford it, the
>> price will be actual production cost plus 7%! The actual
>> price to be announced on October 31, 2000.  The first units
>> should ship on, or about, February 2, 2001.
>> 
>>      Because the grandson has a passionate love for
>> Hallicrafters, rivaled only by his hate for EBAY, all
>> purchasers of the SX-88K will be required to sign a
>> declaration stating that the receiver can never be sold on
>> any electronic auction ever for any reason whatsoever. If
>> this agreement is breached, the seller is subject to repay
>> the manufacturer, or the manufacturers agent, a sum equal to
>> fifty times the original purchase price of the receiver.
>> 
>>      If you are interested in owning one of these
>> classic reproductions, please contact Amiel Spoofenstat in
>> Hilversum, Holland at: 001-31-35-672-4422. Be sure to ask for
>> his personal Secretary, Sloof Lirpa.
>> 
>> 
>> By, Duane Fischer W8DBF
>> April 1, 2008
>>  
>> 
>> Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
>> E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
>> Hallicrafters web site: www.w9wze.net
>> HHRP web site: hhrp.w9wze.net
>> 
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