Subject: [Hallicrafters] SX-28 ends up in trash dumpster!

[kiyoinc at attglobal.net]

Nick wrote:
> This one of those tales that breaks the heart of all Hallicrafters  restorers 
> ! On that " e-site" that we all love,a person is selling the front  panel and 
> tubes of an SX-28 ,the rest of the  chassis ,according to the  seller,was 
> thrown into the trash because was rusted underneath !! There also is  a picture 
> of the complete chassis before this sordid act was committed,I can  spot at 
> least a DOZEN parts that could've been used.
> Considering the trouble I went thru recently in acquiring just the dial  
> lock,this is too much !!
Oh!!!! 

The page is here

<http://cgi.ebay.com/Hallicrafters-SX-28-Knobs-Tubes-S-Meter-Knobs-Parts_W0QQitemZ330232300263QQihZ014QQcategoryZ4673QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem>


The comments:

Q:  	Please tell me you removed the little knurled screws from the 
binding posts on the rear before you junked the chassis!!!!! Did you 
keep any other screws or misc 'stuff'?? 	Apr-29-08
A:  	I removed 3 of the Knurled screws from the rear speaker terminals, 
that is all that was on the back. Those are included. Other than a few 
screws that went to the front panel, that is all I kept.
Q:  	do you still have any of the antenna posts? I am missing one. 
thanks 	Apr-29-08
A:  	No, The frame went into the trash as I had no room to store it. The 
underside had a lot of water damage, so this radio was doomed from the 
start, so I wanted to at least try and scrap some of it out. This is 
part of a ham radio estate that was in the garage for many years. I hope 
to list more equipment in the next few weeks..



 From the pictures and comments, this is a cultural collision between 
our kind, restorers, builders, and USER/OPERATORS, and well, yuppie, 
fru-fru, collectors. 

They don't understand that while the ideal might be a "correct", "mint", 
working radio, in a glass display case, that all the varieties of 
vintage radio, as found in the wild have value, even a hand polished, 
better-than, restoration with modern parts inside.

Water damage?  Doomed?   I saw transformers and tuning capacitors that 
someone might kill for.  The stained sheet metal looked pretty darn good 
too.

These people watch too much Antiques Roadshow and get "funny" ideas 
about value and preservation.

The sad part is that he saved the dial lamps and tubes for sale, as if 
those were especially valuable.  And pitched out the interior sheet 
metal and the IF transformers.

de ah6gi/4  Has SX-100 with outboard digital display and is restoring a 
DX-60 for use with a J-38.