[Hallicrafters] sx 110

[jeremy-ca]

You can take that lineage back much further, right to the S-9/SX-9. 
Hallicrafters milked one basic design for around 25 years.

I have a SX-9, SX-24, S-20R, S-40B as well as the SX-110 and all the family 
traits are there.

Carl
KM1H

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Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] sx 110


>I don't think the SX-110 receiver really had a  matching transmitter. With
> the addition of an s-meter and a crystal filter the  SX-110 was the deluxe
> version of the S-108. I would call the S-108/ SX-110  series a short-wave 
> listener
> receiver rather than a communications receiver  though it does have a
> stand-by/ rec switch. The S-108/ SX-110 was the final  iteration of the 
> original 1939
> S-20R. Hallicrafters sure got a lot of mileage  from that one basic 
> circuit
> over the years and you can trace the lineage all the  way through starting 
> with
> S-20R and then on to S-40, then  to S-85 (and  SX-99), which led to S-108/
> SX-110. The tube types evolved a little but the  circuit was essentially 
> the old
> S-20R circuit which by the way was pretty good  considering what it cost. 
> I
> have always thought the S-20R was hands down the  best buy at the time and
> offered the most bang for the buck in 1940. As others  have already 
> mentioned the
> SX-111 was the intended match for the HT-37. SX-111  covered amateur bands 
> only
> in CW-AM-SSB modes with a product detector (at least  in the later 
> versions)
> and was a real communications receiver. I have used them  and they are
> actually quite good though not as mechanically robust as an SX-101  or 
> SX-101A. I
> think they work as well though.
>
> 73, Greg
>
>
>
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