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

[Bob Bruno - K2KI]

What a crime!!! I have restored radios that were in 500% worse condition 
than that!

Now where did I put my Wouff Hong?

73...
Bob de k2ki

kiyoinc at attglobal.net wrote:
> 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> 
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> The comments:
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> 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..
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>
> 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.
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> 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.
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